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The Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka

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The Metamorphosis by the Austro-Hungarian author Franz Kafka, originally named Die Verwandlung (1915). This story shows the life of Gregor Samsa who was a salesman that traveled almost everyday and was the only one to maintain the family with his job, who all of a sudden became a human-sized bug; however, Kafka doesn’t state why he becomes a bug in the first instance. It is believed that Kafka reflects his life on the work of literature because he usually shows how men have their self-worth taken away by a greater force which in this case was his transformation.
Gregor Samsa as stated before, becomes a giant bug, and no one knows why this happened. To understand, you first need to know about Kafka’s life which was highlighted by tragedies;
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