Kafka Literary Devices

In the metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, there are significant actions and transformations which make the story sad, and strange with a happy ending. Explanations that are dramatic events that intensify the excitement of all these actions. Reality and reflection play an important role in this story because the events that happened could be applied and assimilated with modern society.

“He felt a slight itching on the top of his abdomen. He slowly pushed himself on his back closer to the bed post so that he could lift his head more easily, found the itchy part, which was entirely covered with small white spots (he did not know what to make of them), and wanted to feel the place with a leg. But he retracted it immediately, for the contact felt like a cold shower all over him” (Part I Paragraph 4)

Have conflicts with others ever change how you feel about yourself? In 1915, Franz Kafka published the novella, Metamorphosis. He included many personal connections that can be seen through the character of Gregor. Due to the bad relationship that Gregor shares with his father, he possessed many conflicts within himself. His conflicts can be seen when he becomes a bug, when he starts to become distant from his family and lose the connections he once had, and when he begins to not eat.

Everyone could be an outsider. People could misjudge a person, and unintentionally make him become an outcast. There have been many literary works throughout the time about outsiders, and one of the most popular works is Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”. The main character of the story, Gregor, was an outside because he was misjudged by everyone around him, included his family. For example, “With his left hand, his father picked up a large newspaper from the table and, stamping his feet on the floor, he set out to drive Gregor back into his room by waving the cane and the newspaper” (149). This proves Gregor was an outsider because after having a new outer appearance, everyone was terrified of him and avoided him, although essentially, he

The situation and background in which Kafka was brought up holds particular significance throughout his career, as it led to his insecurity, evidenced through examination of his life

Classic interactions between patients and doctors rely heavily on medical competence. The doctor, the supposed superior in the arrangement, acts as a symbol for scientific proficiency while the patient exists as a sponge. While extensive knowledge is nonnegotiable in the field, empathy is a key component in ensuring proper diagnoses and sustaining healthy, impartial interactions. Margaret Edson 's play W;t employs dialogue and discontinuous juxtaposition in order to draw attention to the inevitable disconnect between patients and providers, which endangers successful medical engagement and outcomes.

Comparing God to a vile vermin who is meant to repulse us can be offensive to many and is a task that is not lightly done. In Kafka’s Metamorphosis, it is hard to believe any allusion to the bible because of Kafka’s religion is Judaism. However, we see many different symbolism in the story that represent different aspects of the Bible and most importantly we realize Gregor can be a reflection of Jesus Christ himself. Franz Kafka used his ability as a writer to manifest an idea that Gregor could have been an allusion to the savior, Jesus Christ, mainly by providing equivalent scenarios found in the Bible.

In the novel, The Metamorphosis, Kafka writes about a man who one day transformed into a bug. Kafka’s own feelings of nothingness caused this story to shape into this unique story. Kafka writes, “The dream reveals the reality, which conception lags behind. That is the horror of life – the terror of art” (qtd. In Kennedy and Gioia 299). Kafka said this as a rebuttal to a friend trying to pry information out of him about The Metamorphosis. Kafka meant that the true burden of art is that a person’s experiences will always heavily influence their creations, and that is horrifying. It is clearly shown in his writings that his personal experiences helped shape the story The Metamorphosis. Every little detail about Gregor’s life is a reflection

Kafka was critical in bringing the new outlook on modern culture and particularly on modern man. Franz Kafka studied the modern man in the face of contemporary culture, and how he was steadfast in retaining his spirituality and identity, and gravitate towards authenticity and happiness. However, Kafka saw how the dehumanizing forces of industrialization and capitalism in the post- the WWI Europe posed a challenge to the modern man. Modern culture can be viewed tolerating and open to all. To Franz Kafka, modern culture coupled with technology is fast changing, and man has to maintain his self-consciousness in order not lose his spirituality and identity amidst these changes (Wintle pp. 708-710). Hence, as modern culture changes with the changing technology, religions are poised to change too, which presents fears to a man about losing his spirituality and identity upon embracing the modern culture. Interestingly, Kafka was mystical in his writings, with a keen interest in themes such as metamorphosis, existential and identity. If we look at “The Metamorphosis,” we can view the idea of how the dehumanizing effects of capitalism and industrialism are indicated within the writings. Kafka contends we become dehumanized with buying power and working too much. The transformation of Gregor seems to indicate a denial of responsibility to the changing forms of society’s conventions and values.

  Kafka uses symbolism in his short story, Metamorphosis.  He uses this technique to make the reader try and figure out what was going on in his head.  He brought out in this story many things about his life, including his father/family, love life, and his future.  He used metaphors to show his love for people in his life.  This story is autobiographical about the forces that control Franz Kafka's life.  In this paper I will explain how Kafka relates his life to the readers through the story in Metamorphosis.

No person that leads a normal life is likely to write a metaphorical yet literal story about a man transforming into a bug. That being said, no person that leads a normal life is likely to alter a genre as much as Franz Kafka did. With the unusual combination of declining physical health and a resurgence of spiritual ideas, Franz Kafka, actively yearning for life, allowed his mind to travel to the places that his body could not take him. In his recurring themes of guilt, pain, obscurity, and lucidity, are direct connections to his childhood and daily life. His family dynamic, infatuation with culture and theater, and his personal illnesses all shaped his imagination into the poignant yet energetic thing that

Kafka applies various elements as part of the setting of Gregor’s room to show a symbolic representation of the unconscious world;the disconnect between the mind and the body. The beginning of the Metamorphosis deals with an unusual event, that is Gregor waking up one morning and found out that he has turned into a giant insect. Gregor’s transformation at this stage might be symbolic to his mental state more than physical. For example, the textile samples spreading on the table might reflect the transition of Gregor’s job as a traveling salesman. It reflected the hard work that Gregor put on his job and how he got there. After his “transformation”, everything has changed, Gregor turned into an insect and lost his job. The transformation might

Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, is the story of Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman who is responsible for the financial well-being of his entire family, yet experiences an unfortunate metamorphosis into a giant bug. However, while Gregor undergoes a disturbing physical transformation, the family dynamic changes drastically as well. The family’s treatment of Gregor slowly deteriorates from them regarding him as the basis for their financial success and security to regarding him as no more than an extraordinary nuisance that holds them back from a brighter future.

Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” and Morrison’s Beloved explore the idea of de-humanization. Morrison explores how the institution of slavery reinforces by de-humanizing in order to stay alive. Morrison fleshes out how slavery perpetually de-humanizes slaves by denying their free will. Franz Kafka uses the same language to describe how the institution of modernity de-humanizes its participants. Kafka explores how modern society only values the person monetarily, and nothing else. Kafka compares modernity to slavery by revealing how modern society depends on a form of dehumanization to survive, one in which the participants are willingly dehumanized. Morisson’s use of characters like Sethe and Paul D reveals how slavery ignores the humanity of a

In his parable Before the Law, Franz Kafka suggests that obstacles that one faces in life can either be used to mold one’s success or bring about one’s failure. If one can overcome challenges that they face they grow in a unique type of way, for every individual perceives each situation in a distinct fashion. That unique type of growth is what establishes a person’s character and perception of the world. However if one cannot overcome their obstacles, then they cut of their means for growth and are left uninspired, forgetting any dreams or aspirations. It is through the man’s interaction with the doorkeeper, and his inability to overcome this obstacle, that eventually leads him down the path of complacency and failure.