Symbolism in The Metamorphosis

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…the lines and look for symbolism. The reader has to delve deeper into the story in order to understand it completely. Kafka kept this story interesting with the inclusion of symbolism, as well as aspects from his personal life. Kafka made this story seem very strange. Strangeness adds to the ambiguity of the book. Ambiguity forces the reader to come up with his own creative assessment of the story and thoroughly analyze its symbolic representations.