Franz Facts
The space in his own home Kafka used as inspiraiton in the metamorphosis.
What is the bedroom .
The event in the very beginning that sparked the conflict of the story.
What is Franz waking up as a beetle?
How Kafka's work was published after his death.
What is by his friend?
How readers may describe Kafka's tone in the Metamorphosis.
What is dark, sad, lonley and serious tone?
Franz once wrote a long letter to this member of his family explaining their toxic relationship, many believed this relationship heavily influence his outlook on life.
Who is his father?
The family decides to completely isolate Gregor, who they view as inhuman, and never allow him to leave his room. This evolves into them not valuing Gregor and viewing him as inhuman.
What is his family's reaction to Gregor turning into a giant beetle?
Kafka felt this way about working. He dreamed of becoming this.
What is he hated it, he wanted to be a writer?
This is one of the themes, that can be made evident through this quote: "But the empty high-ceilinged room in which he was forced to lie flat on the floor made him nervous, without his being able to tell why – since it was, after all, the room in which he had lived for the past five years – and turning half unconsciously and not without a slight feeling of shame, he scuttled under the couch."
What is isolation?
This event is the climax.
What is Gregor running into the living room in reaction to Grete's violin playing, scaring off the boarders and upsetting the family to the point of deciding Gregor must die?
This is one of the themes of the story as the following quote may demonstrate: "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect." In this quotation, an extremely bizarre and unexplained event takes place that changes Gregor's life.
What is transformation, feeling unlike yourself, or our inner image coming out?
The job Kafka held until falling ill.
What is insurance agent/Businessman.
This character is very caring of Gregor in the beginning, they are taken over with greed by the end.
Who is Grete Samsa?
This word describes urreal, nightmarish, and illogical situations, typically involving oppressive bureaucracy.
What is Kafkaesque
This is the feeling Kafka explains to his readers through events ostracizing Gregor from his family during a series of events which show the selfishness of his family members.
What is loneliness?
Where Kafka was from.
What is Prague in then Austro-Hungary? Europe
The family is happy and at peace and take a vacation.
What is how the family reacts to Gregor's death?
This minor character who threatens Gregor with a chair.
Who is the cleaning lady?
This is the number of times Kafka married in his life.
What is none?
This mental disorder heavily impacted Kafka's outlook on life and gives his writing a dark tone.
What is depression?