Kafka - The Metamorphosis

In Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, the transformation of Gregor into a giant vermin is a very apparent metaphor, which can be thought of in more than one way. Kafka brings about change with the use of metaphors in the story. In two ways, change is brought about in The Metamorphosis. The first is by allowing time and circumstances determine one’s decisions. The next way is by using courage and conviction to make one’s …

…She tells her mother and father, “You must just try to get rid of the idea that this is Gregor… If it were Gregor, he would have realized long ago that human beings can’t live with such a creature and he would have gone away of his own free will” (Kafka 33). This instills in the reader that Kafka’s metaphor of “the bug” would make anyone disassociate him or herself from the human race.