Kafka's The Metamorphosis

       Franz Kafka was known for writing stories with themes of isolation, oppression, and alienation. He is best known work includes the short story The Metamorphosis,in which the main character, Gregor Samsa, transform into a bug. This short story demonstrates how people are treated unfairly based on how they look or how they talk. Gregor faced different trials and ordeals. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to overcome them because he ends up dying in his room. He was different from his parents, sister, and the people he came in contact with on a daily basis.
       As I read the story I began to relate what I was reading to my own life. I know personally that I have caught myself laughing at others because of what they are wearing. In Gregor's case, before his metamorphosis, he was not only alienated at his job or his humanity, but also his family and his body. He didn't notice his transformation as bug because he never actually cared about his body. In fact, even his consideration for his family seems to be something alien to him. The protagonist which is Gregor faces a powerful indictment of alienation. Gregor's family was so use to him making all the money and supporting his family. He is enslaved by his family. They withdraw from him, but in the process they begin to change their lives around to provide for their family since Gregor can't. It's impossible to say Gregor overcame this alienation because he died at the end of the story. I would say the family received the reward for overcoming the metamorphosis of Gregor. A great weight has been lifted from the family.The family ends up moving out of the city into the countryside, and focus on finding Grete a husband.
       In a psychoanalytic interpretation, The Metamorphosis prevents the battle of the son and the father up close. (NYU School Of Medicine) As a result of his fathers failure, this only made Gregor stronger as an individual. Someone can only take so much pressure and they can't handle it anymore. The only escape Gregor ends up having from the isolation of his famy and the society was death.

This picture allows you to understand the transformation of the human into a bug, the metamorphosis.