The MetamorphosisEssay Preview: The MetamorphosisReport this essayNo matter how intensely or how closely a story is read and analyzed, there will always linger some minds that remain perplexed. Although never easy to delineate, fables such as The Metamorphosis, tell a morality story, one especially with animals as characters. The fable, The Metamorphosis, speaks of the tragic and absurd tale of a working-class man who is transformed into a bug and the overall isolation and rejection he receives from his family and the rest of humanity.
The supernatural elements in the story are obvious like they should be in a fable. Beginning from the very first few lines of the story, a bizarre and absurd mood is quickly set: “As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.” This leaves the reader instantly puzzled, for it is not often that humans are turned into insects. And although as unrealistic as the story first seems to the reader, the realistic elements in this story include about everything else. The reaction to the metamorphosis by Gregors family is probably the most realistic.
Whether Kafka meant for there to be a moral or not, there is remarkable evidence inside the story that leads the reader to hypothesize his or her own message. Through Gregors metamorphosis into an insect, he shows that just like Gregor, mankind seems to live a meaningless existence. He shows the reader that all too often people end up living bug-like lives, crawling like insects and isolated from each other and themselves. This isolation resembles the familiar form of the separation in a man. Gregor notices changes in his family similar to how modern man notices changes in society, but feels left out. The family evolves and become busy with their new lives and jobs, almost forgetting completely about Gregor. He becomes an actual bug and lives as one as the world outside his cluttered room grows, leaving behind Gregor, dark and isolated.
The reader is left wondering what might have happened to a man that was so happy, so full of joy, so clean of loneliness. At first the reader is puzzled, and then he becomes more intrigued with the situation. As Gregor slowly walks back out to the living room, the reader begins to get curious and fascinated by the house. This sense of wonder soon grows and grows in intensity within the reader as the world becomes more connected and the world becomes more human. In the middle of the year, Gregor is invited to watch a movie and begin to wonder what would have happened if Gregor’s life had not been so much like that. The world becomes more human and more like it when this is followed by the novel’s conclusion. The reader will never know for certain what the novel will be about for any of its readers, but this series has been well received in the review section.
Final score: 4.0/5
The final part of This Book is the first chapter of an excellent, detailed and well written book that offers a glimpse into a book that might never have been published if such a book was not about the science of writing. I would highly recommend this title for a story that will leave viewers, in a sense, intrigued – it has something for everyone. It’s a truly moving story of friendship, and something that truly makes those of us who enjoy it (who enjoy the science fiction genre because you want to read a novel that will delight the average reader) feel really compelled to experience it. It’s also well written and informative; I’ll admit I thought the first chapter was a mess for me, but I found the second very exciting. A good read I’ll definitely recommend the whole series that is just a whole great read.
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