Franz Kafka

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from the poor, meager, and mostly un-vivacious reality of life and it’s hardships stands one man, Gregor, a provider of financial resources for his family. Such a young man is making his way in society, and the world in general. Through Gregor’s successes, and his almost workaholic attitude, he has suffered into prospering. Prosperity is an awkward word, for it is one which not only describes a persons wealth, though also his downfalls. The great undoing of prosperity shows itself in Gregor as he becomes a monster, one created by Anti-Marxist society. Since Gregor’s is a society which eventually shuns him, and his great mind for one fact. A fact that I wish to prove, through gazing at the society created in Kafka’s mind. However, a fact that has worth in studying because of it’s multi-faceted grooves and perceptions of society.
In taking a glance at Kafka’s complex society, one must also see his society as an extension of Gregor. A ...

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Instead of first thinking of himself, Gregor automatically thinks of his job and how, “I have to take care of my parents and sister”(134). Gregor is unaware that the family and office manager are unable to understand his speech. They stated “Did you understand a single word of that”(130), in order to show the reader that the speech of Gregor had changed, and therefore him as a whole has supposedly changed.
“The father drove Gregor forward with a great uproar”(139), and eventually “closed the door with his cane”(139). Gregor had become the man of his household, though then is treated horribly just because he has changed. Such change ...

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