The Metamorphosis Theme Analysis

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The passage stated above is from The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. The major theme of this novel is identity a theme that I was able to link directly to my own experience. In short Gregor was an average young man who had the unfortunate reality of waking up one day as a bug. While in the story Gregor literally turned into a vulgar creature it exemplified the hardships that people face when they wake up hating the skin that they’re in. During the story Gregor discusses how he must cope with this terrifying reality of becoming incapacitated and feeling so unwelcome by his own family. This quote is very significant because it sheds light on a topic that many people struggle with on a day to day basis identity. Through out the story Gregor’s family has been anything but accepting to the tragedy that Gregor has endured turning into a vulgar creature. His mother fainted at the sight of him and his father tried to kill him with an apple which ultimately ended up paralyzing him. Gregor was outcasted from the people he was supposed to feel most comfortable around just because he embodied this different persona. His family’s reaction to Gregor’s abrupt change influences the way that Gregor sees himself and thus creating a new routine that Gregor and his family would …show more content…

Who you are is essential to the life you live and is often times jaded by the opinions that others have of you. It’s imperative as you go through life that you hold onto who you are because somewhere along the line someone will happily let you be who you are. While Gregor’s fate was dismal the hardships he went through molded this new character he grew into and he would not have been able to do that without Grete who accepted him for who he was no matter what he looked like. Something to take away from this novel is that who you are on the outside is not defined by who you are on the

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