At some point, he was not able to talk to anybody at all. These explanations by his father were, in part, the first enjoyable thing that Gregor had the chance to listen to since his imprisonment.” (2007)Įveryday, his transformation became more appalling that it actually already affects his voice until the time when he connot speak anymore. The sound was audible as he opened up the complicated lock and, after removing what he was looking for, locked it up again. From time to time, he stood up from the table and pulled out of the small lockbox salvaged from his business, which had collapsed five years previously, some document or other or a notebook. “Already during the first day his father laid out all the financial circumstances and prospects to his mother and to his sister as well. Because of this, his family had to take jobs of their own to support their needs, although they realized that Gregor indeed meant a lot to their family, especially in financing, they still lacked the confidence to actually come up to Gregor and thank him for all his efforts because of them being cared of his appearance as a cockroach. Everything seemed well, until that day when Gregor felt something different and was then transformed to a huge cockroach which, aside from disgusting his family, also scared people away from them. He is actually noticed by his parents and his sister as well, however, they do not usually get to appreciate his hardships as a worker for the family. Gregor was known by his family as a hardworking sales man who values his profession so much as he is standing as the family’s breadwinner.

His room, a proper room for a human being, only somewhat too small, lay quietly between the four well-known walls. His transformed being has been used by the author as an effective approach in presenting the emotional as well as the physical issues that particularly bring conflict to Gregor and his family in the story. The story of Franz Kafka actually begins with the narration of the situation of the main character himself, Gregor. A discussion on how the situation of the main character “Gregor” in Kafka’s metamorphosis actually relates to the lives of the people within the human society shall be presented within the paragraphs that follow. How does this particular story actually relate to the lives of the people in today’s society? This theme is the primary focus of the paper that follows.

The plot of the story was simple however, the presentation of the truths concerned about it is somewhat complicated.

However, in the story of Kafka entitled “Metamorphosis”, the use of an animal is more of an actualization of the person, in fact, he was able to experience himself becoming a cockroach. The metaphorical presentation of people in different stories have long been used by authors to actually send their messages to the readers in a much indirect procedure.

Kafka the cockroach