Society's Negative Attitude in Franz Kafka's ,"The Metamorphosis".

Date Submitted: 05/26/2004 19:47:23
Category: / Literature
Length: 3 pages (850 words)
As Gregor Samsa grew up, he found himself transformed into a man, who is immersed in the world of obligation. This obligation was his job as a salesman which he disgraced, but he accepted this fact for he had to become the breadwinner of the house, after his father's business collapsed, and his mother is asthmatic, and his sister is too young for supporting the family financially. This obligation was the main link between Gregor …
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…Gregor is not supplied with the means of survival by his society, he faces the metamorphosis which comes to an end with his eventual death. WORKS CITED Kafka, Franz "The Metamorphosis". The sons Trans. Edwin and Willa and Muir. 1948 New York: Schoken, 1989. Rowe, Michael "Metamorphosis: Defending the Human" Literature and Medicine; Fall 2002; 2 HEALTH MODULE pg.264 Sweeny, Kevin W "Competing Theories of Identity in Kafka's The Metamorphosis" Mosaic, A JOURNAL FOR THE INTERDEISCEPLANRY STUDY OF LITERATURE
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