Society has had class systems for many years, and they have been a cause for much suffering for many. In Franz Kafkas “The Metamorphosis” Gergor’s social out-casting was the result of a society that viewed value of a person by the work they have done. The results of societies castigation of Gregor bring his unfortunate situation to light. Gregor’s interactions before his transformation, his interactions with his family after the transformation, and the disconnection of Gregor’s body and mind show the devastating effect on him.
Societies view on values and work was shown in Grergor’s interactions with his peers, before the transformation, and that is shown in his interactions within his job and peers. “...contact with different people all the …show more content…
This causes his family to slowly care for him, and view him as human less and less. Then his sister destroys his final semblance of hope:“ 'He must go,' cried Gregor’s sister, 'that’s the only solution, Father. You must just try to get rid of the idea that this is Gregor.' ” (Pg.39). His transformation in heir eyes, is irreversible, and gregor is therefore transformed into a completely useless, and undervalued being. He represents only a burden to the Samasa family, to the point that “it was like a confirmation of their new dreams and good intentions, that at the end of their ride, the daughter was the first to get up” (Pg.49). Once their freeloader is removed, they get up again, and no longer feel under societies eye without one more mouth to feed. Once gregor died, they resumed being valued people in societies …show more content…
This caused great harm because, while bug in body, he remained human in mind, and felt how society was displeased with him. “As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.” (Pg.1). These uneasy dreams were the stirring of Gregor’s foreshadowing. He found himself lacking when he compared himself to what society said he should be as the bread winner of the Samsa family, and that effected him deeply. This point is the first part of his dis-conjunction of body and mind. His slow metamorphosis into a bug slowly turned into a battle of whether or not to embrace his bug like shell, or hang onto his human mind. “Did he really want the warm room, so cozily appointed with heirlooms, transformed into a lair, where he might, of course, be able to creep, unimpeded, in any direction, though forgetting his human past swiftly and totally?” (Pg.26). This is the climax of Gregor’s struggles,and Resonates with many as the great inner struggle. The quote also shows that Gregor is a well thought out individual, far from the mindset of a bug. Gregor resists the temptation, but it is always a very real, and close by option for him as he has no support from his
Societies view on values and work was shown in Grergor’s interactions with his peers, before the transformation, and that is shown in his interactions within his job and peers. “...contact with different people all the …show more content…
This causes his family to slowly care for him, and view him as human less and less. Then his sister destroys his final semblance of hope:“ 'He must go,' cried Gregor’s sister, 'that’s the only solution, Father. You must just try to get rid of the idea that this is Gregor.' ” (Pg.39). His transformation in heir eyes, is irreversible, and gregor is therefore transformed into a completely useless, and undervalued being. He represents only a burden to the Samasa family, to the point that “it was like a confirmation of their new dreams and good intentions, that at the end of their ride, the daughter was the first to get up” (Pg.49). Once their freeloader is removed, they get up again, and no longer feel under societies eye without one more mouth to feed. Once gregor died, they resumed being valued people in societies …show more content…
This caused great harm because, while bug in body, he remained human in mind, and felt how society was displeased with him. “As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.” (Pg.1). These uneasy dreams were the stirring of Gregor’s foreshadowing. He found himself lacking when he compared himself to what society said he should be as the bread winner of the Samsa family, and that effected him deeply. This point is the first part of his dis-conjunction of body and mind. His slow metamorphosis into a bug slowly turned into a battle of whether or not to embrace his bug like shell, or hang onto his human mind. “Did he really want the warm room, so cozily appointed with heirlooms, transformed into a lair, where he might, of course, be able to creep, unimpeded, in any direction, though forgetting his human past swiftly and totally?” (Pg.26). This is the climax of Gregor’s struggles,and Resonates with many as the great inner struggle. The quote also shows that Gregor is a well thought out individual, far from the mindset of a bug. Gregor resists the temptation, but it is always a very real, and close by option for him as he has no support from his