The Metamorphosis By Franz Kafk An Analysis

When one thinks about their future, he/she probably thinks about all of the cool things they are going to do with their life. He/she envisions him/herself working at a cool job, with a loving family, and crazily enough being content with their life. However, life is tricky. There are so many unexpected twists and turns, they might as well be driving down Mulholland Drive. Within one’s lifetime, he/she will encounter situations where they have no idea how to handle it or react. In turn, their relatives and friends won’t know how to react. In Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, salesman Gregor Samsa finds himself transformed into a horrifying, human- sized bug of some sort. As expected, his family and acquaintances have a mixture of feelings ranging …show more content…
As mentioned previously, Gregor has a lack of confidence due to his personal and work life. It surely does not help when his parents, one; don’t appreciate him for providing a source of income and, two; shield others and themselves away from him by isolating him inside his room. Thinking about the time period this novella was set in, the 1950s, if Gregor did have some kind of mental illness, hiding him away wasn’t taboo. Still today, if someone has a mental disorder they can be shipped to an institution to gain help and are unable to contact the outside world. While being a bug, Gregor is seen as a threat and on lockdown at all times. Although Gregor is seen as a threat, he was threatened by his father on multiple accounts. If Gregor ever left his room, he was immediately acted upon by his father like in this scene “Nothing would stop Gregor’s father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at him like a wild man.” (Kafka 9). In today’s times, some mental disorders, such as schizophrenia and multiple personality disorder, are held at a higher risk to others than depression or anxiety. That being said, by isolating Gregor, it did not help him mentally or physically because he