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    Through out Franz Kafka’s life he wrote many German novels and short stories. Kafka has been known to be one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. From Kafka’s writing he shows that life experiences influence your style and content of writing and also that these experience can be so difficult that we write in allegory to help us cope with these incidents. Kafka was born on July 3, 1883 in Bohemia. He was born into a middle class German speaking Jewish family and was the eldest

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    Franz Kafka, struggled throughout his life with isolation, which is clearly a great influence and inspiration in his work, The Metamorphosis. Franz Kafka was born in 1883 to an upper middle class Jewish family in Prague. Kafka struggled with many problems in all facets of his life, most significantly in his his health, his relationships with the people in his life, and his relationship with work. Each of these problems contributed to his isolation, which is reflected in his character Gregor Samsa’s

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    The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is a representation of people's separation from society and their inability to have self-ruling power over their lives. Gregor Samsa, the protagonist, spends most of his adult life working hard in order to pay off his family’s debt; however, his family exploits and uses him for their financial needs. "Oh God," he thought, "What a grueling job I've picked! […] I've got the torture of traveling, worrying about changing trains, eating miserable food at all hours, constantly

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    “The metamorphosis,” is a story by Franz Kafka, published in 1915 is a story divided in three chapters: transformation, acceptance, and the death of the protagonist. There are many interpretations that can form this tale as the indifference by the society that is concerned with different individuals, and isolation pushing some cases to the solitude. Some consider "The Metamorphosis" as an autobiography of the author, which tries to capture the loneliness and isolation that he felt at some point

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    The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, which is about a man named Gregor, who woke up one day to find out he had turned into a vermin. Following his discovery, he tried to go to work to support his family, which ended up revealing his new form. Gregor was locked in his room and slowly lost his humanity and connection to his family. Gregor eventually died alone in his room, and his family took it as a chance to restart after they realized they could support themselves without him (Kafka, The Metamorphosis)

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    can be attributed to outer sources. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is a novella about a traveling salesman named Gregor, who transforms overnight into vermin and follows his family’s attempts adjust to his condition. Within The Metamorphosis, Kafka shows an almost deliberate, clear stance on this topic of greed in the human condition, with this idea playing a significant role in further understanding of the writing. A known socialist, Kafka uses direct and indirect changes in Gregor’s transformation

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    in The Metamorphosis, written by Franz Kafka. The Samsa family’s routine was changed dramatically one morning as one event led to next. The family experiences the domino effect as the breadwinner of the family is no longer available to provide for them. The Metamorphosis is a bleak depiction that nothing lasts forever. Kafka utilizes Gregor’s metamorphosis, the Samsa family’s betrayal, and Grete’s sudden shift in loyalty to portray the dark reality of life. Kafka uses Gregor’s transformation to

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    Franz Kafka was born to a middle-class Jewish family that was plagued with tragedy because of the Nazi’s reign of terror during World War II. Living during this extremely parasitic period in history, the theme would become the basis throughout the stories of Kafka. A parasite is defined by The Merriam Webster Dictionary as “something that resembles a biological parasite in dependence on something else for existence or support without making a useful or adequate return.” When reading the definition

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    by day nothing changes, but when you look back. everything is different.” This quote explains that change is inevitable, it will always take place, and it takes place as a surprise most of the time. In the novella, “The Metamorphosis” written by Franz Kafka, Gregor undergoes an extreme change, if he understood the concept of change and embraced it, perhaps his timid reaction might have been different. Based on the change Gregor has undergone, it can be inferred that Gregor is cowardly due to his fear

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    Used but not Abused Franz Kafka The Metamorphosis was a story of a young man named Gregor Samsa who live with his parents. When Gregor woke up he realized he was transformed cockroach. Kafka made a point in the story about how the society treated works which also connects to the industrial revolution and the pain the workers had went through. Kafka makes his point by the Gregor’s actions and thoughts along with the other characters of the story. One way Kafka made his point was Gregor’s career of

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