“The Metamorphosis” Existential Analysis
According to Kohzadi, “Existentialism is a set of philosophical ideas that emphasize the existence of the human being, the lack of meaning and purpose in life, and the solitude of human existence.Existentialism shows that your actions dictates your essence.” It was first introduced in the 19th century by Soren Kierkegaard, but it did not become a major movement until WWII. Existentialism has 6 main themes. These are existence precedes essence, absurdity, alienation, fear, dread and anxiety, encounter with nothingness, and freedom.
Now, to further indulge in these six themes. First, existence precedes essence. This is the belief that nothing can explain our existence, and that there is no answer to the question, “Why am I...?”. In other words human existence is meaningless, and we have no already set out essence that controls what and who we are. The next theme is absurdity, saying that life is absurd and reason is useless in dealing with the depths of human life. Third theme is alienation, which shows man taken away from all normal things. Now, fear, dread, and anxiety is exactly as it says; fear, dread, and anxiety. Encounter with nothingness and death shows that death hangs over all of us, and us
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Gregor shuts himself off from having human interaction with others to focus on his job. Gregor Kafka did not like his job, he actually hates it. Gregor thinks to himself in the story, “‘O God, what a demanding job I’ve chosen! Day in, day out on the road. … To hell with it all!’”(Kafka 2). This shows how much he doesn’t like his job, but he keeps going to it as a working bug would. Since he is always working, he has not had as much human interaction as most. He has now become socially awkward because of the lack of human interaction he has had. These are the choices Gregor has made for himself, and he has to take responsibility for the