The Castle And The Metamorphosis

from birth, we are taught to isolate ourselves from bad situations, while continuing the pursuit of happiness. The human mind is a marvelous, complex, and most of all an essential aspect of our lives. Our minds are capable of rational thinking, as well as irrational thinking. In response to the theme of alienation in Kafka’s two literary works; The Castle and The Metamorphosis, society criticized and mocked Franz Kafka for disfiguring reality. Blunt portrayals of despair and ludicrousness are not uncommonly associated with his literary works. Often times, within Kafka’s works, he would show isolation and alienation through the use of uncanny human transformations. In his two literary works, The Castle, and The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka subliminally
Following his arrival in an unidentified village, a castle wall greeted him. An instant sense of bureaucracy overwhelmed K, as he spent the majority of his time struggling to overcome the government within the walls of the castle. K. is called upon as a land surveyor whose occupation requires him to abandon his family and relocate to a hostile, environment covered with a thick blanket of snow. His aspiration to reach the castle and gather information regarding his job seems sensible, however from his first meeting with the inhabitants of the village overseen by the castle, he grasps that his time in the village will not be as meek as he hoped. All of his attempts at communicating the castle are
Sending the chief clerk to check up on Gregor in his home, when he neglected to show up to work (Kafka, 1946). Gregor's decided to resolve his quandary is to show very little concern over his conversion to a gargantuan insect. However, this alienates Gregor from his family even more than before. They begin to reject him, refuse to look at him, and most of all they exploit him. Gregor is forced to die isolated from his family and the rest of society, only to be thrown in the garbage by the maid the following