</b></center><br><br>Gregor Samsa‚ a young traveling salesman who lives with and financially supports his parents and younger sister‚ Grete‚ wakes up one morning to find "himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin" or insect. At first‚ to my surprise‚ he is preoccupied with practical‚ everyday concerns: How to get out of bed and walk with his numerous legs? Can he still make it to the office on time? <br><br>Most persons would be devastated to find themselves in such a position as Gregor‚ but he did
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Following the realization of his transformations‚ Gregor is greeted by his family members and his boss with grimace. Eventually‚ it appears to him that not only did his physical appearance change‚ but also his mental processing. He found milk‚ which was once his favorite dairy product‚ to be tasteless and instead chose rotten food as a suitable form of nourishment. In time‚ Gregor realizes that he has become a burden to the family. Gregor notices the pain he is inflicting on family. The financial
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not been able to enjoy life and its perks. The main character of this story is a son named Gregor. This man‚ like most others during this time frame‚ sacrificed himself to work to help pay his father’s debts instead of using the money to live on his own. Of course‚ Gregor’s family never thought of how much he actually did for them and took advantage of him. Then the turning point of the story begins‚ Gregor becomes a giant insect and he can no longer work or even be seen by anyone else other than
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Kafka does this with his main character Gregor‚ who mystically becomes an insect overnight and is in a state where he cannot work or function as he did when a human. Kafka’s purpose is to rile up thought in individuals minds as we question the morality of the characters in his story and the right and wrong within it. Kafka is descriptive in his story and writes precisely. Reading through “Metamorphosis” was truly frustrating as the main character‚ Gregor‚ was entirely relatable through his attitude
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be able to communicate with them and tell them how he felt. Ultimately‚ the same result occurred for both of these central characters‚ disappointment. The Underground Man never found a companion or a genuine relationship and in The Metamorphosis‚ Gregor died. At the end of the day‚ the cause for being an outcast‚ rejected‚ and exiled is not always the primary fault of the central character‚ as we are able to see in both of these works of
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outsider is; most people even know an outsider. Are they really an outsider or are they just misjudged and misunderstood? First of all‚ Outsiders can be misunderstood which causes them to not belong. One example of this is Gregor Samsa in Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis. Gregor is transformed into a bug. Due to his recent transformation‚ Gregor’s family could no longer understand him and “[his voice] was clearly and unmistakably his earlier voice‚ but in it was intermingled‚ as if from below‚ an irrepressible
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Stranger‚ and Existentialism One of the saddest aspects of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis is the fact that young Gregor genuinely cares about his family. From the opening of the story‚ he is shown to be a person who works hard to support his family‚ even though they do little for themselves. When Gregor morphs into a cockroach‚ however‚ the limits of familial loyalty and empathy are tested. Gregor is an existentialist character who mutates into a giant bug without reason and no longer has any control over
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position in the society. However‚ many low-status occupations do not provide a definition of self that is agreeable to that person. Let’s look at the various ideas about the relationship between work and identity presented in the story. First take Gregor‚ Gregor was a salesman. He took his job in order to earn money for the family and consequently providing money to his family to pay the debts‚ he achieved a position of money provider in the family. Work made him a responsible person and gave him a
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transformations. Maybe it was because he lived an isolated life outside of his work as a salesman. Before the transformation‚ Gregor failed to communicate with his family and had cold emotions which could have turned him into a vermin to appease his material and basic needs. A metamorphosis solely heightens already present behavior. An important observation would be how Gregor kept denying his transformation but he never questions why it happened instead‚ he incessantly tries to adapt
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irony‚ spiteful laughter‚ and—oddly enough—self-pity” (Kafka). This new insight shows how “The Metamorphosis” is a reflection of Kafka’s own painful relationship with his own father. Gregor Samsa is a meek man‚ who is solely charged with keeping his family afloat with a job as a traveling salesman. When Gregor is transformed into a “monstrous insect” the first thing he worries about is getting to work (Kafka). He is constantly trying to please his father and his office manager by being a consistently
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