Analysis Of The Metamorphosis By Frank Kafka

“The Metamorphosis” written by Frank Kafka is a short story about a family who was in debt and depended on their son, Gregor, to make money to pay off their debt for them while also paying their bills. It all became difficult when, one morning, Gregor woke up as a vermin and could not work anymore. This forces his family to support themselves. They eventually went insane with every passing moment, whenever they saw Gregor. The Samsa family believed that they were trapped in his shadow, and they had to figure out a way to get rid of him. Once they “guilt” him to leave, they move on with their lives. Kafka also shows the reader that this short story is in reference to his own struggles. Due to his abusive childhood and his strained relationship …show more content…
According to many detailed interviews as well as Letter to his Father, Franz Kafka did not live up to the expectations of his father, Herrman Kafka. Kafka’s father did not see Kafka as someone who is “dependable” because he was not considered his equal since he did not follow in his footsteps, causing him to be more abusive. Herrmann constantly beat Frank because Frank was his definition of a man, he tried to use fear to make him better, but yet he didn’t do so. What it did that it inspired Frank instead. This ties back to “The Metamorphosis” because Kafka and his father’s relationship is a lot like Gregor and his father. Once “Kafka” changed into a “vermin”, his own father beat him and shun him, making him seems nonexistent. In return, without his son there, he had to do everything himself, resulting in no type of reconnection with his own son, believing that he has already passed away. Gregor was, in a sense, Kafka’s inner-self in his relationship with his family, especially his own father. Kafka portrayed his father With his father no longer there for him, he created a legacy for himself and stories such as “The Metamorphosis,” which relates to his childhood, and made him a renowned