The author Franz Kafka uses a fair amount of symbolism in his writing in order to help him in the telling of the story and to make the reader think. This is evident in his writing's of "The Metamorphosis" and "A Country Doctor". In "The Metamorphosis" Kafka is attempting to express the fact that some people waste their lives and in a way live their lives as a bug would. ... This is why Kafka turns him into a bug in the beginning of the story. ... In Both stories, Kafka is able to help the reader get an understanding of the theme by using many symbols. ...

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German writer Franz Kafka's and American J.D. Salinger's respective masterpieces, The Metamorphosis (1915) and The Catcher in the Rye (1951), examine the universal themes of personal relationships within the context of painful change. ... When Gregor's manager visits, the morning of Gregor's metamorphosis, Gregor says, "Sir! ... Kafka adds humor and irony with the modifier "if possible," which only serves to exacerbate Gregor's pain at being totally abandoned. ... Though Metamorphosis and Catcher are distinctively different in style and in content, the...

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Two works in particular, The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, and Mother Courage and her Children by Bertolt Brecht show how society molds its members into perfectly cast models. ... Kafka's novella, The Metamorphosis, shows what happens to the average human being when all aspects of communication are stripped from one's life. ... This situation allows for Kafka to use Gregor as a tool. ... Ultimately, Kafka puts Gregor to work for him as a manikin. ... This common theme of man verses society reoccurs in many of the post-modernist works. ...

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Throughout The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka is uncovering potential dangers of social rejection. ... Franz Kafka expresses Gregor's transformation through numerous emotional and physical stages. The theme of alienation plays a huge role in The Metamorphosis. ... Perhaps, Franz Kafka reflects back on the past, before Gregor's transformation into a giant bug, and makes Gregor realize that in reality that he was only a source for income which helped to support the Samsa family lifestyle, and nothing more. ... The final stage of Gregor's metamorphosis is acceptance. ...

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Franz Kafka, the eldest of six children in a Jewish middle class family, illustrates symbols of alienation, domestic violence, and guilt in the short story "The Metamorphosis."" Alienation shows up as one of the themes symbolized in the short story. ... "The Metamorphosis- is definitely packed with symbols of alienation, domestic violence and guilt. ...

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• Grade Level: High School