Crimes_Of_Gregor_Samsa

Crimes Of Gregor Samsa Crimes of Gregor Samsa Gregor Samsa’s crimes originate from his intense devotion to his family and his work, which in turn makes him intently devout to the conformist society that creates his world. Although Gregor’s crimes are not that of what one might consider to be normal and the arousal of his motivations instigate from values different from what would be perceived as normal, his crimes are still, in fact, crimes. Within the text of Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, Gregor becomes the victim of an odd punishment, the transformation into a despicable and horrid bug, that indirectly benefits all of Gregor’s previously mentioned motivations. Gregor’s transformation is due to his crimes, which include stealing the position of head of his house from his father, alienating as well as losing himself in his work, and becoming a conformist in a society that needs deviation to define and justify its conformity. Gregor’s punishment of transformation gives him the ability to repent for all the crimes for which he has been convicted of by himself and society and make right all of his aforementioned wrongs. Gregor becomes pressed into service due to a debt his father brings upon himself and gregor’s, gregor, family, one, crimes, himself, work, father, metamorphosis, society, transformation, job, father’s, values, place, never, due, against, takes, should, set, remains, punishment, position, one’s, oneself, crime, becomes, after, within, useless, upon, needs, must, much