Essay on Metamorphosis of the Family in Kafkas Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis of the Family in Kafkas Metamorphosis In Franz Kafkas Metamorphosis, the temperament of Gregor Samsas reality changes insignificantly in spite of his drastic physical changes. Gregors invigoration before the metamorphosis was limited to working and caring for his family. As a traveling salesman, Gregor worked long, hard hours that left little time to experience spiritedness. He reflects on his demeanor ackat onceledging the plague of traveling the anxieties of changing trains, the irregular, inferior meals, the forever changing faces, never to be seen again, people with whom cardinal has no retrieve to be friendly (Kafka 13). Gregor, working to pay off his familys debt, has resigned himself to a conduct full of work. Kafka himself paralleled this sentiment in a quote taken from his diaries noting that no matter how hard you work that work still doesnt entitle you to good-natured concern for people. Instead, youre alone, a total stranger, a mere object of s peciality (Pawel 167). Gregor submerges himself in work and becomes a stranger to himself and to life story. Any type of affectionate contact beyond porters, waitresses or bartenders was non-existent. He had once met a rend in a hat shop, whom he had pursued earnestly only when too slowly (Kafka 76). There was no room in Gregors life for people other that his family and as a result was condemned to a life without love or caring not to mention basic companionship. He worked diligently to provide for his family and that remained his only goal in life. Gregors family relied on him to be the breadwinner of the family, but gave him nothing in return. The life that he had led until now was one fully of obligations and loneliness he came home to empty hotel board or his apathetic fam... ...g him and longing for his demise. Can anyone be sure that their lives argon good and perfect and that their families would understand and accept any change that could sneak? The fact is that abov e and beyond all things a person must consider themselves first, however selfish it might appear. Sense of self leave alone keep you through all the adverse times in life and be a companion to rely on when no one else cares. Works Cited Eggenschwiler, David. The Metamorphosis, Freud, and the Chains of Odysseus. Franz Kafka Modern Critical Views. Ed. Harold Bloom. freshly York Chelsea House Publishers, 1986. 199-219. Emrich, Wilhelm. Franz Kafka A Critical Study of His Writings. New York Ungar, 1968. Kafka, Franz. Metamorphosis. Trans. A.L. Lloyd. New York Vanguard Press, Inc., 1946. Pawel, Ernst. The Nightmare of Reason. New York Vintage Books, 1984.