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Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis Research Paper

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In franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, Gregor is a bug. The only way to prove such a supernatural cause, would be to prove that Gregor is not insane. We know that Gregor is not insane because when he was first transformed “he wanted to get up calmly” (Kafka 2). In other words he did not want to be a bug; this is important because if he was insane, he would have imagined himself as something he wanted to be. Gregor is also very aware of the fact that he has been transformed, and wants to get it fixed: “Gregor, however, had grown much calmer… the others now believed there was something not quite right about him, and they were willing to help” (8). If Gregor was truly insane, he would probably be either accept his situation as a bug, which he clearly
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