Metamorphosis By Kafka Morphosis

In Franz kafka’s The Metamorphosis, Gregor morphosis into a large vermin when he awakes one day. At first, it seems as if gregor is almost psychologically unaltered by his transformation. His personality changes to adapt to his new physical needs and urges. These changes mostly come about as he adapts to his new body and learns what he finds most comfortable. For example, even at the start of the story he begins to be in small, crowded, and dark spaces, such as the area beneath his sofa, feeling more comfortable resting on the walls and ceiling of his room than Gregor does lying his own bed. He also begins to feel annoyed by noise, such as the noise Grete makes when she walks into his room to tidy it up, and eventually he comes to prefer being left alone entirely, considering any human contact.

Many of Gregor’s desires and needs from his human life remain essentially unchanged. Even after he ceases to want to see his family members, he still wants to provide for them financially, and he feels embarrassed when he hears them discussing the family’s finances and the sacrifices they must make to earn money and support each other, such as selling their assets. Notably, toward the conclusion of the story Gregor dreams about revealing to Grete his plan to pay for her to attend the Conservatorium for violin, revealing that he still loves his sister and wants to provide for her. This tension between Gregor’s different desires and emotions from his human life and the demands and restrictions of his new body leaves Gregor feeling very conflicted.

Gregor's metamorphosis also suggests two arguments: that his transformation portrays the intense nature of humanity and that the transformation reveals a future escape from the intense existence. Th...

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Reflection

When exploring the short story, The Metamorphosis, the theme of humanism came up multiple times. I hadnot paid much attention to this theme at first. After reading the rest of the story, I found how important it was to understand the effects of humanism. This is important to people reading the story because it could possibly make them realize how their family functions. If it is like a family such as Gregor’s, they could possibly realize the problems. The definition of humanism is “an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.” This definition comes from americanhumanism.org.