Essays on Gregor Samsa

If death is really true, based upon the animistic quality of our five physical senses, then how do we know that we are truly alive and breathing and not in a dream? It has been proposed that people who are aware of the existence of their surroundings mostly rely on their five senses, which may cause illusions. The ethereal yet grounded theory of existentialism provides the landscape for a more positively-identified pathway which reaches across the separation that exists among humans.            When thinking about the quote ‘existence precedes essence’, the concept lends room for credibility that Morrie was right ...

The short story of Franz Kafka “A Hunger Artist” is a vibrant masterpiece of classic literature. It penetrates deeply into the readers’ minds and sets a challenge to recognize a unique grandeur and understand a great mission of this text. In his “confession” story, Franz Kafka touches upon complex and serious themes of art, death, isolation, asceticism, spiritual desolation and disharmony of human and the world. Therefore, it triggers an exceptional interest on how the readers treat and interpret the text, what thoughts, feelings and emotions come into their mind, how they perceive the main character and what they ...

If death is really real, based upon the animistic quality of our five physical senses, then how do we know that we are truly alive and breathing, not in a dream? It has been proposed that our dependence upon our five senses is extraneous at best, and totally illusory at worst. When thinking about the quote ‘existence precedes essence’ the concept lends room for credibility that Morrie was right in suggesting that the fundamental truth of human existence rests upon happiness. In Mitch Albom’s non-fictional piece, Tuesdays with Morrie, the college professor’s life, recounted during the last ...

Franz Kafka wrote the short story, The Metamorphosis. The novella has been studied in different universities and colleges in the Western world. The story is about Gregor Samsa’s transformation from a human being to a monstrous creature. The Metamorphosis starts with the main character Gregor waking up only to find that he has been transformed into a huge insect-like outrageous and verminous being. As a result, he has to adjust to his new look because he does not know the reason why he was transformed and this traps his life. Gregor became a burden to his family who ...

The idea of metamorphosis – a full or partial transformation of a person into a creature – is often met in various books and films and appeared long ago. In course of time, the notion of metamorphosis has changed and gained new meanings and forms of expression that can be traced on the examples of Franz Kafka’s novella The Metamorphosis, that is dated back to the year 1915, and a quite modern film Spider-Man directed by Sam Raimi. But, unfortunately, these changes and alterations in the human are not always acceptable by the society. Metamorphoses usually consist in acquiring characteristics, ...