Franz Kafka

pang of self-doubt are feelings every human can identify with. This is especially true for Franz Kafka, whose life was perpetually haunted by loneliness and anxiety. In his book The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka uses Gregor Samsa as a vessel through which he portrays his insecurities about being an outcast from society and his family, which are a result of his perception of his own self worth. Gregor and Kafka both have strained relationships with their fathers, and feel detached from the rest of…

Metamorphosis mirrors the author Franz Kafka’s life, revealing the modern reality of alienation and suffering, which they both feel cannot be controlled. These two men struggle with companionship, and as a result suffer immensely. The lives of Gregor Samsa and Franz Kafka are unique and not ideal. Their occupations distance themselves from the world; Gregor is a traveling salesmen, and Kafka was a writer and was also interested in law. To add to their loneliness, both Gregor and Kafka suffered…

The Confluence of European Ideology in Franz Kafka’s Fiction Abstract: Franz Kafka one of the major German language novelist and short story writer was born on July 3, 1883 at Prague. His posthumous works brought him fame not only in Germany, but in Europe as well. By 1946 Kafka’s works had a great effect abroad, and especially in translation. Apart from Max Brod who was the first commentator and publisher of the first Franz Kafka biography, we have Edwin and Willa Muir, principle English…

First, Franz Kafka’s “Letter to His Father” goes into depth of the rough childhood Kafka experienced and how that turned him into a timid and fearful person. Since he and his father have so many sharp differences, Kafka can not connect and understand his father which installs fear in him and “this fear and it’s consequences hamper [him] in relation to [his father],” (Kafka, Letter to Father,” 200,1). The fear he has for his father blocks…

existential crisis’ axle; the quintessential literary phenomenon that influenced generations to come; the godfather of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis. Known purely through reputation and influence, Franz Kafka, the Jewish Czech author, was born in 1883. Although formally educated in the constituents of law, Kafka dabbled in the art of prose. Kafka’s genius set the tone for the fanatical and the ludicrous which peppers the many novels of today’s time. His writing proved to be a colossal, so much so…

forgetting his human past” (Kafka 31). The gradual and unusual mutation provoked by Gregor is solely an emotional transition away from him and a “growing denial of his humanity” (Rowe). Evident in his works, constant cage-like isolation is exactly what Kafka subjects his characters into: “extraordinary torture and transformations,” and ironically, these characters reflect the dehumanizing isolation during his forsaken lifetime ("Kafka”). According to Horwitz, Kafka lacked the essential needs…

are similar to those that Franz experienced in real life. Kafka and Samsa both work as traveling salesman seeing that their family’s made it an obligation. Exactly like Gregor, Kafka had issues at home, in the same way that both had disputes with their fathers. They shared the same dislike for their jobs. Though Gregor hated being a businessman, he had no choice. It was necessary for him to continue working as a traveling salesman to pay off his family's debt. Meanwhile Kafka could not pursue…

turned his head his father merely stamped his foot still harder” (Kafka). In the novel, Gregor’s life was very isolated from friends and family. He constantly worked to provide for his family. Similarly, the author of the book had tense relationships with his parents as well. Often times, a writer’s personality and personal experiences are portrayed through characters in his or hers works. The author of Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka, is very similar to the main character in his book because both of…

The Effects of Jewish Folklore on Gregor’s Metamorphosis Metamorphoses are a concept commonly used in literature to shows a character's profound change. The concept was used in The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, which is about a man called Gregor, who wakes up one day to find out he has turned into a vermin. Following his discovery, he tries to go to work to support his family, which ends up revealing his change to his family. He ends up locked in his room and slowly loses his human side and…

Dialogue in text conveys a number of ideas in text, from emotion to general communication. In the metamorphosis Franz Kafka uses dialogue through his character to create the feelings or level of concern for the protagonist, Gregor Samsa. Samsa’s mother, Sister and even his employer the chief clerk each show their side of the situation through dialogue and internal frustration created by Kafka. After initially talking to himself in his room for a prolonged amount of time, Samsa’s…