El significado del insecto de la metamorfosis

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Gregorio Samsa, un joven viajante de comercio, tenía una vida monótona y difícil porque él tenía, sobre sus hombros, toda la carga de recientes dificultades económicas a las cuales se enfrentaba su familia, por la quiebra del negocio de su padre. Un día se vio afectado por un evento sobrenatural e inexplicable: se había convertido en un insecto. Desde ese momento nada iba a ser igual.
El evento anterior resume la trama del libro citado en el encabezado, el cual es muy críptico. Al finalizar la lectura del libro, el enigma de cómo se convirtió en insecto nunca se desarrolla ni se responde y uno, como lector, queda insatisfecho. Esto dado que, al leer el libro, las siguientes interrogantes son recurrentes en el lector ¿Y qué significa que sea un insecto? ¿Qué simboliza esta extraña transformación? Ni siquiera una lectura minuciosa del libro nos puede dar una interpretación fácilmente; pero, eso no significa que este misterio no pueda responderse.
Para poder hacer una interpretación más completa de qué pueda significar este extraño símbolo, se debe acudir a la vida del autor, Franz Kafka. Él experimentó varios eventos en su vida, buenos y malos, los cuales pudieron haber tenido un gran impacto en la elaboración del libro y, probablemente, tienen algo que ver con el símbolo de la obra: el insecto. Es así como, una investigación sobre su vida y la época en la que él escribió nos puede ayudar a responder las preguntas mencionadas anteriormente, las cuales serán el tema de discusión de este ensayo y, a continuación, serán discutidas y respondidas desde mi punto de vista.
Primero que nada, para poder responder la pregunta con certeza, se deben tomar en cuenta las corrientes filosóficas que influían en Kafka al momento de escribir este...

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...stra sociedad tiene muchas personas cuyas vidas han sido afectadas por una metamorfosis similar a la de él.

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• Franz Kafka. (2014, 22 de febrero). Wikipedia, La enciclopedia libre. Fecha de consulta: 04:08, febrero 22, 2014 desde http://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franz_Kafka&oldid=72757025.
• Biografía de Kafka. (2011, 8 de enero). Gustavo Artiles. Fecha de consulta: 21, 2014 desde http://www.kafka.org/index.php?spanish
• Diccionario de la Real Academia Española 22ava edición. (2001). Real Academia Española. Fecha de consulta: 22, 2014 desde http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=expresionismo
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• Kafka, F. (1916). La metamorfosis España, Madrid: Alianza Editorial

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