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Outsiders In Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis

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In “Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka the position of being an outsiders is emphasised and portrayed throughout. No one outsider is the same, all having different situations and ways of coping with it. Outsiders, however are not normally simply born into to being an outsider, it is a choice they unconsciously make straying away from society. Therefore they are not misjudged or misunderstood they are seen the way the want to be perceived. Making an excuse for the ways outsides lead their lives is giving them too much credit for deciding to not fit in. Gregor made his choice long before he turned into a beetle to give up and continue on his uneventful life. Many incidents support the idea that an outsider is solely responsible for becoming and remaining an outsider. Feeling that they deserve some form of added pity for the stand point they put themselves in. …show more content…

It’s not that they can’t conform but rather that they lack the incentive to. When Gregor was transformed into a bug he himself didn’t change, they way people viewed him did. All the qualities ignored in the past were now undeniable. He was miserable, manipulated, and living a melancholy life. No one person is exactly alike it is the way we handle our differences that judge how well blend to society. Some chose to secluded themselves away in a bubble buried in their sorrows. “It was no dream” (Kafka 137). This simple sentence starting out the story could easily be overlooked as a fill in to set the tone. At first glance it seems to have no deeper meaning other than a wake up to reality. With further analyses the sentence is not only talking about the current state but that all things prior had consequences and could not be brushed away in the blink of an

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