Monsters In Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis

Monsters are imaginary creatures that humans created. People’s fears, worries, or anxieties have been used to create the fictional monsters. Monsters have features that society deem to be scary or bad. The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the novella The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka follow the story of a 'monster'. Pushed away from society, and labeled as an outcast, the monster is often hurt by the people around it. However, the monsters in these stories were not always monsters. They were once simple creatures, loving and kind, who were pushed away by society, turned into outcasts and deemed unfit to live among the rest of society. Once deemed unfit for society, both Frankenstein's monster and Gregor turned towards monstrosity. Both instances show how monsters are created, not born. It is not the nature of a creature to be a monster, it is the treatment they must endure that turns them into one.

Throughout the novel Frankenstein the reader learns how Victor’s creation is left alone, hurt, and pushed away from society. The

It is the way a creature is raised and taught that affects whether or not they become monstrous. People who are loved, cared for, and taught to be well mannered will grow up to be civil, kind, and good. However, people who are abandoned, abused, taught to hate and be mean will grow up to do evil things. Of course, there is always the exception, a person can be born as a psychopath, where, according to CNN’s article “The Birth of a Psychopath”, they are unable to feel empathy or guilt. In this case, those people tend to grow up to be violent. However, besides the chemical imbalance that takes place in psychopaths, people are naturally kind and loving. Monsters, in any form, are created, taught to be that way. Nothing is born evil, because when something is born it is innocent and pure. It is the situation that that child is put into that affects how they