In The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka ,Gregory transforms into a giant bug and struggles to adapt and live a normal life. He is just a normal man in a normal family who wakes in what he thinks is a dream at first, but then has to come to terms with that he really is now, a giant living insect. Gregory is a traveling salesman who comes home only every once and awhile, but after he wakes one morning and realizes that he is an insect his life goes on a downward spiral that not even he can control. Gregory did not see this transformation coming. It isn't clear why or how the transformation happened, but, If we were to read the story as a fairy tale we would have probably believed that it was magic which led him to forming into a bug. Gregory turning
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For example like " The princess & the frog " & " Beauty & the Beast", Animals show more symbolism than we tend to think, In order for these prince charmings to undergo change back into their normal state they must undergo self change in themselves. But in Gregor's case he changes from being a traveling salesman providing for his family, eating the same foods, and waking up at the same time, to find that he has tragically transformed into a dung beetle the only difference is that Gregor doesn't change back into " prince charming "to prove it she gave Gregory's corpse another great sideways shove with the broom” 1421. Who ever thought a bug would be treated terribly and can be compared to a person's life story. Society can turn human beings into lesser lifeforms who have more in common with thoughtless, instinctual insects. In Gregory's case his family responsibilities, and work are the reasons for his insect form. It's similar to many fairy tales because look what happened in the "beauty and the beast" the beast was a handsome prince but yet a mean prince that did not appreciate anything so one day a witch transformed a spell to turn him into a beast because the witch wanted him to believe to believe in love and that he did have feelings deep down inside. he …show more content…
In fairy tales we usually do not see the transformed animal character as its human-self in the beginning. Whether we read such fairy tales as, "The Frog and the Princess", the transformed characters are never shown in the beginning. every story has an ending to it whether it's a good one or bad one. In This case the metamorphosis ended with a happy note. Though the end was not quite a happy ending in our perspective because he dies, it is a happy ending for his family. Like in The Little Mermaid,where Ariel decides to kill herself instead of her prince, just like Ariel, who is saving her prince’s life, Gregory is saving his sister and parents by sacrificing himself. (“And they saw it as a sort of confirmation of their newfound dreams and good intentions when, at the end of the journey, their daughter was the first to stand up, stretching her young body” 1423)His family gets to start on a new slate and live their lives again without the burden of their son. Although, death at the end of a story is always depressing, if it is for a good reason, we should be joyful as readers. Even though the synopsis does not directly follow that of a fairy tales where we read a happy ending and they fall in love, Franz Kafka makes the build up to a point where you think the transformation would be reversed, just as in a common fairy
For example like " The princess & the frog " & " Beauty & the Beast", Animals show more symbolism than we tend to think, In order for these prince charmings to undergo change back into their normal state they must undergo self change in themselves. But in Gregor's case he changes from being a traveling salesman providing for his family, eating the same foods, and waking up at the same time, to find that he has tragically transformed into a dung beetle the only difference is that Gregor doesn't change back into " prince charming "to prove it she gave Gregory's corpse another great sideways shove with the broom” 1421. Who ever thought a bug would be treated terribly and can be compared to a person's life story. Society can turn human beings into lesser lifeforms who have more in common with thoughtless, instinctual insects. In Gregory's case his family responsibilities, and work are the reasons for his insect form. It's similar to many fairy tales because look what happened in the "beauty and the beast" the beast was a handsome prince but yet a mean prince that did not appreciate anything so one day a witch transformed a spell to turn him into a beast because the witch wanted him to believe to believe in love and that he did have feelings deep down inside. he …show more content…
In fairy tales we usually do not see the transformed animal character as its human-self in the beginning. Whether we read such fairy tales as, "The Frog and the Princess", the transformed characters are never shown in the beginning. every story has an ending to it whether it's a good one or bad one. In This case the metamorphosis ended with a happy note. Though the end was not quite a happy ending in our perspective because he dies, it is a happy ending for his family. Like in The Little Mermaid,where Ariel decides to kill herself instead of her prince, just like Ariel, who is saving her prince’s life, Gregory is saving his sister and parents by sacrificing himself. (“And they saw it as a sort of confirmation of their newfound dreams and good intentions when, at the end of the journey, their daughter was the first to stand up, stretching her young body” 1423)His family gets to start on a new slate and live their lives again without the burden of their son. Although, death at the end of a story is always depressing, if it is for a good reason, we should be joyful as readers. Even though the synopsis does not directly follow that of a fairy tales where we read a happy ending and they fall in love, Franz Kafka makes the build up to a point where you think the transformation would be reversed, just as in a common fairy