Franz Kafka

I will be writing my term paper on Franz Kafka and the theme of how one’s spirituality transcends their physical concerns. Three of his works which display this theme are “The Metamorphosis”, “A Hunger Artist”, and “In the Penal Colony”. In Kafka’s works, often times a single, specific philosophy or message can be difficult to identify as a lot of his stories revolve around a disorderly universe, resulting in existential crises. These chaotic worlds Kafka places his characters in causes them to…

Literary Analysis of The Metamorphosis In the story “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka, Gregor Samsa transformation into an insect is the beginning of events that leads to a tragic ending. Kafka uses imagery and symbolism in “The Metamorphosis” to illustrate the setting Gregor Samsa and his family are living in when he wakes up an insect and the events leading up to his death. Kafka uses imagery to show alienation towards Gregor and isolation to show the outcome of Gregor becoming an insect.…

the situation, but also reflects the social issues behind, which are like how significant are the jobs and how money plays the role in the society at the time Kafka lived. The metamorphosis of Gregor also represents the real status that Gregor is in his family and how is that a symbol of the society that indicates the brutal reality. Kafka also uses the symbolism through the writing of the family and family members of Gregor. He uses them as symbols that represent the real connotation, the…

end, it’s all up to the reader who discerns whether something actually happened or not. This method of writing, achieves the basic end result in regards to the plot, but also succeeds in disorienting the reader and allows for more interpretation. Franz Kafka’s diction constantly reinforces the tone and mood of the novel as despondent. “Admittedly, the petition meant an almost endless task […] it might provide a suitable occupation for a mind turned childish.” (pg. 210) The choice of words in…

Literary Analysis of The Metamorphosis and Axolotl Franz Kafka’s novella The Metamorphosis and Julio Cortazar’s short story Axolotl are not only based off of the writers themselves; they also exhibit a plethora of similar themes and concepts, including absurdism, alienation, Marxism, and magic realism. Oftentimes in fictional literature, traces of emotions exhibited by characters and events that occur within the fictional work are heavily influenced by the writer’s own dilemmas. This parallel…

Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, was rewritten into a graphic novel by Peter Kuper. Both the novella and the graphic novel have many similarities, including the theme of family duty. However, they differ in the way they convey this theme. The two different writing styles of the novella and the graphic novel impacts how the idea of family duty is expressed. To start off, the novella and the graphic novel of The Metamorphosis are compared in many ways. For example, both authors, Kafka and Kuper,…

Kafka illustrates in TheTrial how an unaccountable and inaccessible legal system ultimately destroys the notion of justice in society. Joseph K. is helpless in the novel. He is a victim of misinformation or rather no information. He lives in a society that apparently has a distorted sense of law and order. The elements which runs the social system are corrupted. In the hand of social system of the bourgeois society Joseph K. is a victim. In the novel the court is powerful and it’s law is…

become an outcast. Many examples of this transformation are prevailed in the short story, “Metamorphosis,” by Franz Kafka. Outsiders are those who are misjudged and shifted into becoming outcasts. Starting off, what is an outsider? An outsider is someone who does not belong to a particular group. An example of an outsider would be main character, Gregor, in “Metamorphosis,” by Franz Kafka. Gregor…

The Metamorphosis written by a German author Franz Kafka is viewed as one of the most analyzed works of literature. It is an incredible story that explains the process of transformation from human into a massive insect of Gregor Samsa. This story continues to be an inspiration for many imaginative pieces of literature. The aspect of Metamorphosis has transformed it into a puzzle of contemporary imagination. Popular culture has always shown the difference between functional and dysfunctional…

Literary Analysis: “Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka “Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka is known by most first-time readers as simply a classic, existentialist work of fiction that follows the life of a man named Gregor Samsa, whom wakes up one morning to find that he has suddenly metamorphosed into a roach. Despite this seemingly simple plot summarization of man-turned-bug, the Metamorphosis offers much more room for interpretation when one analyzes the text. Further analysis shows that the…