One of the greatest mistakes a man can make is allowing his situation to define him, rather than vice versa. In his most famous short story, “The Metamorphosis”, Franz Kafka tells the story of Gregor Samsa, a young businessman who awakes one morning to find himself transformed into a verwandlung, or insect, one of monstrous proportions. Gregor’s quest for resolution highlights the work’s underlying existentialist philosophy. It is, however, his failure to find it that gives the story its depth
The novella Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka might appear as absurd, especially in the first reading. A man turning into giant insect is a surreal event, along with the fact that there is no explanation given behind Gregor Samsa’s exploration. However, underneath the absurdity of it lies a plethora of complex theme and one of these themes is the idea of death as a way of emancipation from the invisible restraints created by society towards an individual; this concept is illuminated through some passages
Panagakos English 102 “The Metamorphosis” is a story about a man who wakes up transformed into a giant insect and the effects his transformation has on his daily life. “District 9” is about a man that is rejected from human society and is hunted by various groups due to his alien properties. Although these two stories reflect different places and time periods and seem like different stories, they actually are very similar to each other. The characters from “The Metamorphosis” and “District 9” can be