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METAMORPHOSIS

A Complete Nightmare A Life Turned Upside Down

Nightmares and especially horrible and scary ones are the worst Ever experienced one? Well, Dear reader, imagine having a nightmare you can t wake from Scary right? This must be what Gregor was going through. Well, Grab your gears and let us take a peek into the pain, anguish and, harsh life of Gregor.

One day Gregor is this hardworking and ever traveling salesman only to sleep and wake up transformed into a hideous large monstrous bug. As a son and a brother, he always puts the interest of his family first. He perseveres harsh conditions in his work so that he can provide for his family, but when it came time for them to reciprocate, they opted to ditch him.

Kafka portrays a picture of one that sacrifices his life for his family but the moment he is no longer productive, they turn against him. Gregor s sister Grete is seen to care for his brother initially by giving him rotten food to eat and to clean after him, but after a while, she tired of it.

Gregor s father is a heartless dad who assumes the worst from him always. As Gregor struggles with accepting his new reality, his great concern is how the family will survive financially and more so the distress his hideous look is causing them.

In Metamorphosis, Kafka gives details of how:

• Gregor struggles with guilt, isolation, and feeling inadequate.
• Gregor discovers a pastime.
• Gregor is wounded after an attack by his father.
• The arrival of tenants.
• Gregor s family plans to ditch him.
• Gregor is dead
• Gregor s family bounces back to life after his death.

Author s Biography

Franz Kafka was a fiction writer of the 20^th century. He was born in the Czech Republic to a middle class German-speaking Jewish family. His work was unpopular before his death. It is posthumously that his work was published after being overseen by his friend Max Brod. It attracted attention and recognition.