Kafka's Metamorphosis

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This paper discusses the life and achievements of Franz Kafka, and reviews his short story, 'The Metamorphosis', written in 1915. The paper uses research to indicate that there are significant elements of the story that are important to the work. These elements include the theory that the main character is written as a mirror image of Kafka himself, that Kafka demonstrates a correlation to Marxist theory in his writing, and that Kafka discusses his relationship with his father throughout his work.

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"Franz Kafka was born in Prague in 1883. His parents, Hermann and Julie were part of a German-Jewish culture that remained close to the core of finer society until Hitler's rise to power ("Franz Kafka"). Hermann Kafka was an angry man who often resorted to inflicting physical abuse on his son, Franz. Kafka's childhood was, therefore, a difficult period that never truly left his thoughts, and that was a source of many of his works ("Franz Kafka"). Kafka had three sisters that were all killed in Nazi concentration camps. Kafka himself, however, was fortunate enough to attend college by 1901, earning a doctorate in 1906 ("Franz Kafka"). "

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