"Metamorphosis"

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This paper is an in-depth examination of the characters and philosophy behind the characters and transformations that take place in Frank Kafka's work, "Metamorphosis." The main character in the story, Greg, is transformed into a bug, and his life over the three months that his body takes this form is examined in detail. The author illustrates how Kafka uses the bug form that he takes on as a metaphor for all of the problems and frustrations he has been experiencing in his daily life.

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"Imagine waking up one morning and suddenly you are a bug. Last night, when you went to sleep you were an ordinary man. Today, you're a bug. Gregor Samsa does just that, and suddenly his life is thrown completely off track. No longer is he the sole breadwinner for his mother, father and sister. He is now the burden that they have been to him. His mundane job as a traveling salesman has been replaced with the confusing life he lives as a bug. It is this image of the bug he has become that is the focus of Frank Kafka, and it is the bug that represents Gregor's ultimate desire to no longer bear the responsibility of a family, and what eventually brings his family's true character to light."

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