Gregor Samsa

Throughout history there remains universal themes explored in life and fiction that are not dependent on time or place. In Franz Kafka's novella The Metamorphosis it follows Gregor Samsa, a travelling businessman who transforms into a bug. As a bug, Gregor lives an unfortunate life full of loneliness, which is barely different than his life as a human. In Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron we follow the rise and fall of Harrison himself in a society where everyone is completely equal. Harrison,…

himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin,” (pg. 1), Kafka is able to capture how such a character can undergo change without really changing in his novel The Metamorphosis. Gregor Samsa, the protagonist character in this novel, transforms on the surface into an insect upon waking from an uneasy dream one morning. Gregor however fails to question this transformation and quickly accepts that he has become an insect, and becomes immediately accustomed to his new body. His mind is left…

physical abuse, and mental abuse. In Fraz Kafka's book, The Metamorphosis, the main character, Gregor, experiences all three of these. Abuse is no joke, approximately 5 children die a day from abuse. Franz Kafka himself has actually suffered from abuse. These experiences helped paint the images of Gregor's abuse so thoroughly throughout the book. Physical abuse is very prominent early on in the book. Gregor has over night turned into a cockroach. A nasty, disgusting, bug. Of course, when…

consideration for his family seems to be something alien to him. After his metamorphosis, Gregor feels completely alienated from his room and environment because he can't even see the street outside of his house. He sees himself as an essential component of his family’s well-being, but as his family comes to the realization of his transformation they become ashamed of him, locking him in his room out of sight. Slowly Gregor begins to lose all connection with his family. Even his sister who fed…

and social inclusion for all humans. Franz Kafka seeks to uncover the potential dangers of social rejection through Gregor’s transformation, that ultimately leads to his separation from both his family and his past life. Kafka’s clear isolation of Gregor underlines the families’ separation from society. In The Metamorphosis, Kafka emphasizes Gregor’s seclusion from his family. However, Gregor’s separation is involuntary unlike the family who isolates themselves by the choices they make. Each…

In Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, the main character, Gregor Samsa, undergoes many transformations. Like the title suggest, changes have been done after the metamorphosis of Gregor into an insect. Like the physical transformation, his behavioral ones were so radical that he was wondering if it was not a dream. One thing we know about the dream state is that its meaning can be analyzed in different ways. According to Freud, the dream state is our unconscious revealing suppressed ideas or desires…

This essay is over gregor, a traveling salesman who dramatically changed into a disgusting bug. I believe Gregor changes very little as a character over the course of The Metamorphosis. I believe despite his physical looks gregor doesn't change that much in personality. At the beginning of the story he wakes up for work and realizes he's late for work, and he notices something odd and that he can't get up. As he tries he realizes more and more that something's wrong. Gregor physically can't…

In Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, there is a bias narration for Gregor Samsa’s feelings compared to any other character in his family. He questions how he turns into a bug for a few minutes and then contemplates about what it would be like to stop work; primarily as a salesman but also as the prominent supporter in the fiscal responsibilities of his family. “Talking down to all your subordinates from up there... Once I’ve got the money together to pay off my parents’ debt to him … First of all…

“oh!” – it sounded like a rush of wind- and now he could see him standing closest to the door, his hand pressed over his open mouth slowly backing away, as if repulsed by an indivisible and unrelenting force.” (Kafka 788) This toxic situation for Gregor alludes to the ruthlessness of the society and selfishness of his own family. Gregor’s metamorphosis into a “lowly insect” brings to light the stark reality that society and family is unwilling to accept individuals with a sense of self into…

outcasts. In The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, the protagonist, Gregor Samsa, wakes up to an unfamiliar body as he has turned into a large bug. As Gregor begins to accept his transformation, his family, as well as his own consciousness, begin to think that he is no longer a human. In Gregor’s transformed state, he still possesses the thought of a human, but lacks the physical features and speech to convey his human thoughts.…