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The Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka

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“The Metamorphosis” is a novel written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915. Existentialism, expressionism, marxism and freudian theory are some well known philosophical movements which have an influence on the book. The novel is about a boy named Gregor Samsa who is a hardworking boy who passes all days working to maintain his family until one day he is transformed into a “ monstrous verminous bug” (Kafka, Page 3). To start, money plays a very important role in the novel because it is considered one of the main themes due to the big plot; Gregor transforming into a bug brought as consequence Gregor being enable to work causing problems with the family. In other words, the novel shows how the treatment Gregor received changed
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