Symbolism is the base of Author, Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis and does a superb job when expressing the main character, Gregor’s dehumanization. Metamorphosis shows Gregor, a selfless man and a hard-working citizen who is the sole provider of his family, but he has a great obstacle in front of him. It has many legs, loves garbage, snaps its jaws in the air, belly that arches with visible ridges, it’s a cockroach. This cockroach is Gregor himself after waking up to this unsettling surprise. Kafka really emphasizes Gregor’s dehumanization through food, his father’s new uniform, and the lady in furs picture, which he spreads out through the entire story. The lady in furs is mentioned right off the bat, then again and again as the story progresses. The lady in furs was first mentioned on page 1, where the narrator explains how Gregor had cut up an illustrated …show more content…
At first when Gregor’s Metamorphosis first occurs, his sister Grete is the only one who stands up for him and wants to help him in every way. Grete brings him food that Gregor would usually like as a human, he is then disgusted by it (maybe because he is a giant cockroach!) so, she brings him moldy food that has to be days old. He then loves the moldy food and eats it right up. He feels less and less human with every bite knowing that he is becoming more bug like than ever. At the end of the story Gregor is listening to Grete’s violin playing as the new tenants are there. He is hidden in the shadows, but with every note the music swiftly brings him out into the light which then scares away the tenants. Gregor’s father becomes enraged and starts to chase gregor around the house. His father then realizes he cannot catch Gregor so he then begins to throw apples at Gregor. The apples penetrate Gregor’s back which then leads to his eventual end. Born as a human die as a bug, in the end Gregor suffered from the lack of his family’s