In Franz Kafka’s fanciful novel The Metamorphosis, Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find that he as been transformed into a beetle. As the story progresses, we can see that Gregor’s life as a beetle is not all that different from Gregor’s life while in human form. Because of this we have to ask ourselves “Does Gregor Samsa qualify as a human being?” I believe that Gregor does not qualify as …showed first 75 words of 784 total…

…showed last 75 words of 784 total…goes off for a picnic in the countryside. We can see, then, that the metaphor of Gregor’s transformation into a dung beetle expresses his lack of humanness. Kafka creates this outrageous story in order to clearly portray what a dehumanizing life Gregor has, and how it ultimately leads to his sorrowful death. Gregor’s metamorphosis draws immediate attention to alienation and degradation in Gregor’s life, and raises important issues about family and society.