Essays on Kafka

Franz Kafka’s novella, The Metamorphosis is better described as “Kafkaesque”, which means wholly out of the ordinary or very absurd. The protagonist Gregor, in this novel, changes into monstrous vermin ‘When Gregor Samsa woke up, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous...

The Castle by Franz Kafka is one of his greatest literary works. There are many ways to approach this novel. Based on the events going on in Kafka’s life at the time of writing, which included a nervous breakdown, a psychoanalytic approach is most worthy....

The novel “The Metamorphosis,” by Franz Kafka illustrates a young man named Gregor Samsa who transforms into a beetle. In the beginning of the story, Gregor’s life consists of his job as a salesman and helping his family to pay off their debt. Gregor wakes...

Franz Kafka was a Bohemian (modern day Czech) writer known for his short stories such as Metamorphosis and The Trial. From an outsider’s perspective, Kafka had a relatively ordinary life; however, Kafka had a lot of suppressed turmoil that haunted him throughout his entire, albeit...

Kafka was one of the renowned writers of the 20th century; he was born in the year 1883 to a Jewish family that was acquainted with the German language family and died in the year 1924. He was mainly focused on novels and short stories....

 Because of how Gregor was viewed resulting in his transformation, he was unable to be labeled as a member of society. He was treated as a “less than” and was no longer loved by his family. “The Hunger Artist” is about an artist who physically...

The concept of ‘identity’ is defined as who a person is, or the qualities of a person or group that make them different from others. Throughout his 1915 novella The Metamorphosis, relationship between the identity and the motivations of Kafka’s characters plays a major role...

The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, was written in 1915 and is understood to be one of his best works of literature. It presents a connection between his personal life experiences and the character, Gregor Samsa. Franz Kafka was born in 1883 and grew up in...

In the story “The Metamorphosis”, Franz Kafka focuses on the topic of alienation and considers its underlying effect on the human consciousness and self-identity. The alienation Kafka instigates is propagated towards the main character Gregor Samsa, who inevitably transforms into a giant cockroach. The alienation...

For thousands of years, the Jewish people were kicked around and persecuted for their beliefs; constantly ordered and expelled out of kingdoms, forced to convert to Catholicism, and had their land conquered or face execution. Alienated wherever they went; made into scapegoats so that people...