The Life Of Gregor Samsa By Franz Kaftka - 1397 Words

The story of Gregor Samsa by Franz Kaftka began with him more or less already being transformed into a nondescript insect. He then began his descent into a bug-like state through slowly ceasing the few actions, thoughts and things that made him human. The more he accepted his state as an insect and the less of a place he held as the family’s breadwinner, the more he disappeared into his physicality. Although it may outwardly appear that Gregor’s physical transformation into an insect happened at the very beginning, it is not fully completed until the very end when he resigns entirely from his human life and lets himself die. Gregor at the point at which the story began, had already been living a very unsatisfactory, dutiful life. This can be seen through the fact that his physical metamorphosis just so happened to have taken place on the same day he began to question and doubt his place in the family. He had demeaningly given up his desired path in life to do nothing more than support their basic needs and because of this, â€Å"[he’s] burdened with the misery of travelling; there’s the worry about train connections, the poor, irregular meals, human contact that is always changing, never lasting, never approaching warmth. To hell with it all’† (Kaftka 29-30). Just as he began to realize that he had had enough with the state of his life, he transformed into an insect. However, it quickly became evident that his transformation was perhaps less complete than it had initially seemed.