Introducing Kafka

We left, in part due to my father’s actions, as he was a jealous and angry man. With him, it was his way or no way. If you did something that he didn’t think was right, or if you angered him, he let you know of your error by taking it out on you in a mental or physical way. At the young age of two, my father would make me unload entire trucks of wood by myself, carry it inside, and stack it. A two year old boy is too small for this task, and they typically would have whined their way out of it,…

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his rank.” (Kafka 15). This picture symbolizes a time where Gregor held a high power position and…

Acclaimed writer Franz Kafka wrote many books. In his books, he compared a lot of things.In the book metamorphosis, he illustrates Gregor Samsa as a bug by describing his life as miserable, how he was treated and the lonely he was. Gregor’s life resembles a bug’s life because his life was despicable, In a human’s perspective the life of an insect is miserable, and Gregor's life was miserable.Gregor Samsa’s life was miserable because he didn’t like his job and he couldn’t quit, because he was…

Everybody reacts in different ways. Three stories with great examples of how people react are “The Metamorphosis”,“Simplexity”, and “Life After People”. They show the way that some people’s minds work. What happens when complete pandemonium breaks loose? What happens if people disappeared? What if you felt a bit different and you were moments away from losing your job and possibly dooming your family? These are all questions that you could ask yourself, but the main question is what would you…

In the novella, The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, Freudianism is used to show the dysfunctional family relationships in Kafka's life through Gregor, the protagonist. The relationship between Gregor Samsa and his father is skewed by his father being an abusive parent and forcing Gregor to do the job of a parent. Additionally, Gregor is attracted to his sister Grete, which although he never acts on it, it is an incestuous relationship. Furthermore, Gregor's mother does not help Gregor and care…

hopelessness and the thought that they had experienced a stroke of bad luck unlike any known” (Kafka 53). Hopelessness, depression, depletion- words that paint a picture of the Samsa family while living with Gregor. His complete dependency on their relationship drains the Samsas completely, as Gregor becomes bitter and selfish, “He was hardly in the mood to care for his family, filled as he was with blind rage” (Kafka 54). That quote especially shows Gregor’s willful ignorance of the strain and…

Franz Kafka professes the cold and superficial nature of his then modern society through his work The Metamorphosis. Gregor’s sudden transformation had not surprised his family, but rather burdened them. His death even appeared to be an inconvenience to his family. The inconvenience of those in need seemed to have plagued Kafka’s modern society to spur such a response from Kafka himself. Kafka's philosophy is clear, when modern society falls on hard times, no one is willing to admit their fault,…

When we are first introduced to Mr. Samsa, he is described as being “still healthy enough but an old man” and it is explained “for the past five years… he had put on a lot of weight and become sluggish” (Kafka, 79). From these descriptions, the reader observes that over the years, Mr. Samsa’s capability to effectively provide for his family had diminished while Gregor stepped in and became the family’s financial backbone. However, with Gregor no longer able…

Franz Kafka’s twentieth-century classic, Metamorphosis, shows the changes of the Samsa family after their son, Gregor, turns into a vile insect. Even though Gregor has turned into the most disgusting of creatures, this “metamorphosis” is ironic compared to the transformation that his family endures. While Gregor still sustains his humanity, the lack of any compassion and mercy from his family is what makes them the disgusting creatures rather than Gregor. The changes of Gregor’s father, mother,…