Theme Of Metamorphosis And A Country Doctor

There was a number of famous writers in the 20th century. George Orwell, an English novelist, illustrated a dystopian world of fascism. Anne Frank, a German-born diarist and writer, wrote about Jewish victims of the Holocaust. And, there was Franz Kafka, a Czech-born writer who wrote novels and short stories with enigmatic themes. In many of his works, a protagonist experiences peculiar events. For example, in “A Country Doctor,” the protagonist, a doctor in a small village, is stripped naked and lay next to his patient, and the patient’s family sings a religion-like song. Moreover, in Metamorphosis, a protagonist, Gregor Samsa, turns into a large insect. In both stories, there is a theme that features the protagonist’s isolation from other

However, the protagonist is unable to talk to them because he turns into a large insect and his family is afraid of seeing him, except his sister. Before he became an insect, he was a travelling salesman, and he was the person who mainly earned money and brought it to a home for the family. Yet, the relationship between him and his family changes after he became the insect; the mother is afraid to see him, the father beats him, and the sister quits taking care of him while she is the only character who tries to contact him normally. After he gets injured by his father, the relationship between Gregor and his family, however, slightly recovers; the family leaves his door open so he can see them. As the time pasts, the family becomes poor, and they fail to earn money from lodgers who is going to rent rooms in the house mainly because of seeing Gregor. Renting rooms was one of the few ways that the family can earn money because none of them has work experience; they were relying on Gregor until he turns into the insect. Gregor wishes that he would disappear, so the family no longer needs to take care of him. It is a harsh decision for him because he should disappear from the family that he was supporting all along when he was a