The_Metamorphosis

The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis In "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kalka, there are many themes that speak louder then words. Gregor Samsa is whom the story is based on. He has been transformed into a giant insect. It is generally agreed, however, that the story portrays a world that is unfriendly and perhaps absurd and that major themes in the story include rejection, alienation and burden of responsibility (economic). Rejection is felt in many parts of the story; in the opening lines Franz Kafkas’ short story “The Metamorphosis”, the main character Gregor Samsa a traveling salesman who lives with and supports his parents and little sister, awakens from a night of horrible dream to find that he has been metamorphosed into a cockroach he calls a “monstrous vermin” (short stories, page 156). . The rejection and fear of his family not being sympathetic to him, not wanting him apart of the family. George’s mother faints. His father beings to weep and the chef clerk only startled Aoh!@ AThat made his mother scream again, she fled from the fable and fell into the arms of his father, who hastened to catch her.@ (168). Moreover, he not only looks like a cockroach but his voice gregor, family, story, metamorphosis, kafka, franz, short, rejection, out, stories, sister, others, once, job, gregor’s, even, alienation, york, works, themes, room, people, pay, off, new, life, help, father, fast, economic, each, debt, corngold, cockroach, , world