Vladimir Nabokov

Gregor is being stripped of his life. He his losing all the things that have meant something to him, like the desk that he did his studies on when he was a child and the furniture that he has to amuse himself with. In the beginning , he could handle the noise and what was happening, but as the women took more of his life out, he began to feel it. Gregor's life has changed drastically. He was a traveling salesman, with a somewhat happy family. Hi sister would play the violin, his mother would…

Throughout the novella, The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, there are many changes the characters experience during and after Gregor’s transformation. From the point of view of the main character, Gregor Samsa, it is clear to see he goes through a transformation, physically and mentally. His new view can either be argued as either positive or negative. But, the effects of the metamorphosis does not have a negative impact; it has a positive one instead. In order to understand the positive…

The story of Gregor’s metamorphous exposes a cluster of views Kafka had of the modern society. To be exact his views include that the modern world and his family has reduced man (in this case Gregor) to an insect and that human nature is entirely self-centred. Franz Kafka suggests that the more generous and selfless an individual is the more inferiority he/she would face. This interpretation conflicts with the way things should be; every individual (Gregor) should be treated according to their…

Some readers of The Metamorphosis might see Gregor as an insane man who simply believes he has been turned into a bug. As a reader, I can see why people may believe this. You could argue that his insanity is due to the way he is isolated from society because of his work. He feels alone and uncared for in the world which is reflected in how the insect in the book feels. I, on the other hand, believe that Gregor is not insane and somehow really is an insect. This can be proved in how he…

In the stories of “The Penal Colony” and “The Metamorphosis” present suffering. To start off why are the charters in these two stories suffering so much and why did the author make it that way. These are pressing question but also what is so similar about these stories and how they suffered. In the “The Penal Colony” Kafka bring to our attention that “condemned” people don’t have the right to a trial or are able to defend themselves. The story is very negative and I wonder what was Kafka going…

The group assigned this Interactive Oral discussed the culture aspects of the novella, The Metamorphosis, and the history of the author, Franz Kafka. I learned that the main character, Gregor, had a similar relationship with his family as Kafka himself had. Kafka, like Gregor, was alienated from his family because he was different. Also, Kafka had plans of suicide near the end of his life (although he did not go through with them) and Gregor ends up committing suicide at the end of the novella.…

In “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka, the family’s feelings towards Gregor change affecting him negatively. Gergor overworks to help support his family, when he turned into a bug he can go to work worrying the family. “She had also actually observed that Gregor needed a great deal of room to creep about; the furniture, on the other hand, as far as one could see, was not of the slightest use”(Kafka 55). At the beginning Grete, Gergor’s sister shows interest in Gregor and wants to help him out.…

Rory Cruz 12/19/16 Extended essay of Franz Kafka’s metamorphosis Franz Kafka’s work was my favorite of all of the books we have read before. His dark style of writing and use of literary devices was amazing in my eyes, but what in his life caused this? Franz Kafka was born July 3rd, 1883 and died June 3rd, 1924, at the age of 40, from tuberculosis. During Kafka’s life, he was a very disturbed as a child, mainly because he was beaten, not only physically but also mentally. I feel like…

In Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, a major theme is: Family bonds are superficial because in times of hardship, people become selfish and place the blame on others. At the beginning of the novel, the main character—Gregor Samsa—awakens to discover his life has changed; he finds himself transformed into an enormous bug. As the story progresses, Gregor’s family must cope with a sudden change, as the provider of the family becomes the one who needs to be provided for. His family’s financial…

A State of Change Isn’t it funny how sometimes we change ourselves to try and figure out what the conflict is, but end up realizing that we’re not the cause of an issue or the fact we’re not the ones who've changed, it’s the people around us. In The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, he tells a story of a workaholic son waking up to find himself completely transformed into a beetle. Kafka manages to capture an essence of what it feels like to come to a realization of what the truth really is…