Analysis Of The Metamorphosis

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Choose a thematic concern of The Metamorphosis some possibilities are work, romantic love, and the family. Develop a thesis about what it has to say on your chosen themes. Now choose three key moments from the story to back up your argument. Be sure to quote as needed from the text. (Refer to Short Story Writing about Literature section in the Short Story Essay Instructions.)

In Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, the entire story is set in the Samsa family apartment. The main characters are Mr. and Mrs. Samsa, Grete Samsa, and Gregor Samsa. Gregor Samsa woke up one morning to learn that he has somehow turned into a gigantic bug. Gregor also happens to be the main provider for the family, which gives him motivation to still try to get up and
We see the blossoming of this development early in the story and it all comes to a head when she decides to “get rid off” Gregor. In the beginning of our story Grete was simply a crying sixteen year old girl. Her mother didn’t think that she was useful, only her brother truly believed in her. Gregor had a very close bond with her. After Gregor’s transformation, Grete was very close to him-in the beginning. She attempted to make the most out of his situation, she was the first to be kind to Gregor. She attempted to bring him some milk-his favorite food when he was a human. When he didn’t drink the milk, she brought him miscellaneous food scraps to attempt to find something more to his liking. As the story progressed, however, Grete began to detach from Gregor. She lost hope in ever truly getting her brother back. His room began to become cluttered with stuff. His room was also very dust and no one feed him anymore. The place where we as readers see that official detachment from Gregor is the moment that she decided that it was time for them to get rid off Gregor. She explains that they had done everything possible to try to help Gregor, but he just wasn 't getting any better. Grete realized that Gregor was doing more harm than good in their
Samsa doesn’t speak as much as the other two characters in the story, nevertheless we can obviously see that Mrs. Samsa deeply cares for Gregor even after his transformation. When he Mrs. Samsa first sees Gregor in his new form, she cries out and asks God for help. Although Grete seemed to have the strongest relationship with Gregor, his mother seemed to have the longest relationship with him. WE can see this several times throughout the story, the most significant two happen when Gregor’s life was at stake. The first instance was when Mr. Samsa was throwing fruit at Gregor. Mrs. Samsa ran toward Mr. Samsa and clasped her arms around his neck begging for him to be saved. Even though Mr. Samsa has basically given up on Gregor and has begun to treat him like a bug, Mrs. Samsa still wants him around. She doesn 't want him to die because she hopes that one day she’ll get her son back. The second time that we see the strength in this relationship is when grete and Mr. Samsa decide that Gregor needs to die. She doesn’t say a single word throughout the entire conversation-it’s just Grete and Mr. Samsa talking. Although this may seem as though the shows the opposite of the strength in their relationship, it demonstrates how Mrs. Samsa knows that she has become the least powerful out of the humans in the apartment. She doesn’t add how she feels about killing him because it would probably sadden her even more. When Gregor did die, Mrs. Samsa was the only one of the family to not

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