The body
of s work is replete with instances of the authors use of ,and other literary devices the
application of which represented his only means of expressing his alienation from his father,
from his mundane existence as an employee of an insurance company, and from the expectations
placed upon him to structure his life in accordance with a certain ideal with which he was
fundamentally in disagreement. Kafkas was a life lived torn between the expectations of a
demanding father and that of an aspiring writer struggling for the freedoms associated with the
creative mind. Many of his protagonists reflect the emotional and intellectual struggles that
characterized Kafkas own short life, and none more so than Gregor Samsa, the tortured soul at
the center of . Gregor, of course, is a traveling salesman €“ the
quintessential monotonous and wearying profession €“ and Kafka makes quite explicit Gregors
sense of alienation from...
Friday, October 21, 2016
Discuss Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis as an allegory. What are some lessons you can walk away with after reading? Give examples.
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