Analysis Of Kafka 's ' The Metamorphosis '

From 1889 to 1893 Kafka attended the boys elementary school at the meat market. After elementary school Kafka was accepted into the rigid Altstadedter Deutsches Gymnasium, a secondary school with eight grade levels at Old Town Square. He studied chemistry for two short weeks at the Charles-Ferdinand University before switching to law. He graduated with his Doctorate of Law on June 18th, 1906. Kafka is thought to have schizoid personality disorder, a personality disorder characterized by a lack of interest in relationships, a tendency to lead a solitary life, secretiveness, emotional coldness and at times sexual apathy while simultaneously living in a fantasy world. This illness explains why he wrote some of the stories the way he did. Kafka met Felice Bauer in 1912, they were engaged two times. Their relationship came to an end in 1917. Kafka began experiencing symptoms due to tuberculosis in 1917 as well. Kafka died June 3rd, 1924 of starvation due to tuberculosis.

It is unusual to say the least to open a book and the first line is about the main character waking up as a large insect. Most authors’ use symbolism to relate the theme of their work, not Franz Kafka. He uses a writing method that voids all aspects and elements of the story that defy interpretation. In doing this, he leaves a simple story that stands only for an objective view for his own thoughts and dreams. Kafka focuses the readers’ attention on a single character that symbolizes himself and his life, not Everyman as some authors do. This method is displayed in most of his literary works. To understand how this method is recognized, readers must study the

As readers, we are unsure of what Kafka's intentions were while writing the story "Metamorphosis". We see a lot of allegories that can be connected to Christianity. Through reading this story we can see different allegories such as Gregor being the only son of the family, groups of three and lastly the apple that struck Gregor in the back. Throughout this essay, I will talk about why I believe these can be connected to the Christian Bible and the importance of the allegories.

Writing and literature is seen as a way for the author to freely express his or her ideas to the public. In writing, the author has control of every aspect of their work and allows for the writer, no matter the world state, a sense of freedom inside their work. The 20th century, battered by economic depression and two world wars, saw these writers take their creative control to emphasize the current state of the freedom and control of the individual. Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, various World War I poems, and Brecht’s Fear and Misery of the Third Reich show the lack of individual freedom and control that people had over their lives during the destruction that occurred in the 20th century.

Frank Kafka’s style is to have the story revolve around horrific and bizarre events with an apathetic and objective narrator. The narrator does not show emotion, no matter how terrible the situation is. The tone of the narrator conflicts with the events in the story, making the situation seem more natural than it is, generating uncertainty for the reader..

Kafka is known for his highly symbolic and oblique style of writing. It is no surprise that several of his pieces contain the same major themes, just in different settings. The fact that he repeats his styles only makes the message that he is trying to convey much stronger. In both “The Metamorphosis” and “A Hunger Artist”, the main

Metamorphosis begins with a nasty description of a human being transforming into an insect – the reason for the name that means transformation. Kafka’s work first words are already imprisoning the reader into curiosity to reach the

Kafka’s piece of literary art is one that provokes a more thorough reader’s view of society, and more precisely, the family, which is considered the society’s basic social unit. On more literal insight, it would be fair to conclude that the society we live in undergoes a social metamorphosis into some states, conditions and status that cannot be possibly fathomed by a rational and neutral human being, in comparison to what is perceived as normal. This change is normally brought about as a result of various factors and environments that we interact with in our life. Whereas Kafka’s novella starts off with a sudden “physical metamorphosis”, plenty of accompanying psychological and sociological changes are also very visible and impact greatly the protagonist’s family over the few months that he lives after his transformation.

Franz Kafka is a twentieth century author who's most of his work would not be published if it were not for his acquaintance who refused to get rid of all of Kafka's work upon his request. Kafka's first pieces of literature were published in 1908. These were 8 stories were published in periodicals. He would write letters, as well as short stories and novels. Amongst his novels he wrote Amerika written in 1912, The Trial written in 1914, The Castle written in 1922. Kafka's writing is very symbolic and as well as very original although there might be tension at times. The Novel, The Metamorphosis was published in 1915. This story

The Metamorphosis written by Franz Kafka is considered one of the few great, poetic works of the twentieth century. Addressing The Metamorphosis, Elias Canetti, a Nobel Prize-winning author, has commented, "In The Metamorphosis Kafka has reached the height of his mastery: he has written something which he could never surpass, because there is nothing which The Metamorphosis could be surpassed by - one of the few great, perfect poetic works of this century" (http://www.mala.bc.ca/~mcneil/m4lec5a.htm). There are many symbolisms and parallelisms used in the story. "[Kafka's] disturbing, symbolic fiction, especially The Metamorphosis, written in German, [not] only prefigures the

3.) Max Brod was a friend of Kafka’s from his time in college. Kafka wanted Brod to destroy his manuscripts once he died, but Brod did the opposite and published them after Kafka’s death in 1924.

“One of the most significant influences on Kafka’s life and work was his domineering father. Kafka’s stories often contain themes drawn from the burden of his father’s tyranny in his home life, depicting settings of confinement as well as convoluted systems of punishment and other expressions of seemingly all powerful authority.” (Miline 100) He blames his father for having robbed him of his childhood, never giving him the attention he is starving for, and like the hunger artist, he spends his whole life seeking it. The most sustained account of Kafka’s childhood is seen by Kafka himself, contained in the fifty-page

In one of his letters to longtime friend Max Brod, Franz Kafka stated, “I usually solve problems by letting them devour me.” Perhaps it is from this close examination and complete immersion into the issues of his own life that such brilliant writing emerges. In writing, Kafka is able to express what he repressed in his life—specifically his difficulties with his father, through the themes of gender and patriarchal power derived from one’s sexuality. In “The Transformation” and “The Judgment”, Kafka explores the difficulties within the role of the family patriarch, from troubles in obtaining unwanted power to legitimately being empowered.

Franz Kafka, an author considered to be one of the major figures of 20th century literature, provides a psychological maze of details throughout his short stories. Many of Kafka’s writings involve a plethora of themes influenced by people such as Sigmund Freud, for example, stories such as The Metamorphosis and A Country Doctor use Freudian principles to expound on the intricacy of Kafka’s characters. These psychological principles allow Kafka to complexly reveal the true thoughts behind a character's psyche and thus offers the reader the opportunity for a deeper analysis of the character itself.

Franz Kafka one of the most prolific writers of 20th century was born on 3rd July, 1883 in a middle class Jewish family in Prague. He was the eldest of the six children his parents had, his two brothers died in infancy and the three sisters he had lost their lives in the holocaust (WW ll). His father Hermann Kafka was a very authoritative and imposing figure in his life which is evident in his work, there was a gap in between them which always remained. On the other