![]() ![]() I’m honestly not sure if there is one right answer. The one thing I really like about this story is it is what it is, and you can draw your own ideas and theories from it that you like. Others have stated the meaning of the story has to do with Gregor’s deprived existence, where his meaning in life is only his work, which slowly leads to him succumbing to a creature of only his profession. Some of the theories have to do with Gregor and his sister Grete as being a pair or opposites of each other, like Gerhard Rieck stated. Obviously, it is filled with themes of acceptance, feeling alone, and betrayal. They are disgusted by his appearance, no longer loving or trying to understand him.Īfter finishing reading this book, I did look up some theories scholars have put forth of the meaning of this story. I felt bad for Gregor, the young man, and I understood and yet hated his parents and sister. It’s an interesting, if sad, story about a young man who wakes up as a giant insect and must live in complete isolation as his family becomes horrified by him. Luckily, I think this book does both well. Personally, I believe even an allegorical story should be interesting in a literal sense. There are honestly two ways to take this novella: literally and allegorically. A harrowing - though absurdly comic - meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, The Metamorphosis has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction.” Review: ![]() Synopsis: (from Goodreads) “It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. However, I heard this book is Kafka’s best, so I decided to give his writing a second chance.įormat: Audiobook (read by Benedict Cumberbatch!) ![]() This is the second book I read by Franz Kafka, the first being The Trial, which I wasn’t really impressed by. ![]()
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