Examples Of Alienation In The Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka

Throughout the novel The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka continuously portrays his own struggles with alienation through his main character, Gregor Samsa. Both men become increasingly alienated due to the effects of poor health, strained family relationships, and even low self-esteem. During Kafka’s life, he became increasingly sickly, and is forced to hide himself away from society in sanatoriums. Similarly, Gregor realizes his new appearance as a bug is grotesque to the people around him, so he becomes forced to hide himself away in his room. Both Kafka and Gregor struggle with negative relationships regarding their families. They strive to make their families proud, but always seem to fail. This failure to make their families proud makes both Gregor and Kafka degrade themselves even more. They sink into sadness, and cannot seem to resurface, which creates unstable mental health. Overall, Kafka uses Gregor to express how his own life was filled with alienation.
Both men are greatly affected by poor health which as a result causes a lack of human connection. Although the effects are similar, the specifics of their individual health are
Both Kafka and Gregor suffer from poor health, which forces them to seek isolation in order to get the help that they need. Throughout Kafka’s life, he is influenced away from his own desires due to the negative opinions of his family, which made Kafka feel that he did not belong in his own family. Similarly, Gregor is rejected by his family due to his grotesque appearance which differs from the rest the people who surround him. Both men suffer from strained relationships with their family, which leads them into feeling alienated in their own homes. Due to the constant feeling like they were never good enough, Kafka and Gregor develop low self-esteem, which takes over their lives to the point where they become