Metamorphosis by Francis Kafka

Franz Kafka can be noted as the originator of the theme of alienation in the twentieth century. Throughout the century, as society evolved and began to disassociate itself from community and family values, Kafka’s theme became all the more prevalent. However his piece Metamorphosis is said to have evolved from unique personal interactions that created an unimaginable alienation. A Czech in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a German-speaker among Czechs, a Jew among German-speakers, a disbeliever …

…poignancy of alienation in an increasingly detached world. Today community is much more rare in America in particular, and with growing technology, the need of real human interaction steadily decreases. It is be possible for one to attempt to make the point that we are all Gregor Samsa’s. I feel that to a degree all of humanity maintains a certain detachment, that if properly fostered could result in the alienation so feared by man.