Literary Analysis of Franz Kafka's "Metamorphosis"

Metamorphosis is the story of Gregor Samsa-traveling salesman and bread winner for his family. One morning he wakes up in his bed to find that he has transformed during the night into a giant cockroach. In his new state he loses his job, is rejected by his family, and eventually dies as a giant insect by wounds inflicted by his father. Although this story is disturbing on the outside, there is more to it than …

…the norm truly was. They saw the vermin that Gregor was and went to the opposite side of the spectrum. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** WORKS CITED Hibbard, John. The Metamorphosis: Overview. 2nd ed. Ed. Lesley Henderson. St. James Press, 1995 Lawson, Richard H. Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 81: Austrian Fiction Writers 1875-1913. Ed. James Hardin, Donald G. Daviau. The Gale Group, 1989. pp. 133-168 McNeill, Russell. “Gregor Samsa as a Functional Deviant: A Hypothetical Interpretation by Friedrich Nietzsche.” Diss. 1995