Metamorphosis Symbolism In the story “Metamorphosis”, by Franz Kafka, Gregor Samsa’s father throws an apple at Gregor’s body, the apple causing him pain symbolizes the relation between Gregor’s physical and emotional struggling. Before the catastrophe of the apple being thrown took place, Gregor possessed signs of suffering, as for when he initially woke up and realized he was a bug Gregor had sharp aches and itches on his left side. His job before the transformation caused Gregor some unoticable pains in his life. This amount of stress was Gregor’s emotional pain which was portrayed through the small itch on his side. Kafka writes “ he found the itchy part, which was entirely covered in white spots- he did not know what to make of them...for
