Metamorphosis
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The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915. One of Kafkas best-known works, The Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect (German ungeheures Ungeziefer, literally monstrous vermin), subsequently struggling to adjust to this new condition. The novella has been widely discussed among literary critics, with differing interpretations being offered.PlotGregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a monstrous vermin. He initially considers the transformation to be temporary and slowly ponders the consequences of this metamorphosis. Unable to get up and leave the bed, Gregor reflects on his job as a traveling salesman and cloth merchant, which he characterizes as being full of temporary and constantly changing human relationships, which never come from the heart. He sees his employer as a despot and would quickly quit his job had he not been his familys sole breadwinner and working off his bankrupt fathers debts. While trying to move, Gregor finds that his office manager, the chief clerk, has shown up to check on him, indignant about Gregors unexcused absence. Gregor attempts to communicate with both the manager and his family, but all they can hear from behind the door is incomprehensible vocalizations. Gregor laboriously drags himself across the floor and opens the door. The manager, upon seeing the transformed Gregor, flees the apartment. Gregors family is horrified, and his father drives him back into his room under the threat of violence.With Gregors unexpected incapacitation, the family is deprived of their financial stability. Although Gregors sister Grete now shies away from the sight of him, she takes to supplying him with food, which they find he can only eat rotten. Gregor begins to accept his new identity and begin
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