metamorphosis


There’s something funny about Franz Kafka’s work, Metamorphosis. A story about what would happen if one wake up in the morning and find himself turned into a giant beetle. Funny because neither Gregor Samsa nor his family had even slightest denial about Gregor’s unnatural physical metamorphosis. There’s no “I must be dreaming. I will close my eyes, count to ten and everything will go back to normal” or wailing or even frustrated stomping.

The Samsas took ‘Gregor is now a beetle’ as a fact, not even had the slightest rumination like ‘there’s a monster inside Gregor’s room and it most probably has killed him’. Therefore instead of calling police or doctor or pest extinguisher, they kept beetle Gregor as a secret shame.

Gregor, despite tremendous unfortunate event that happened to him, could only think about how much he put his family in such inconvenient state. He wished, above anything else, to go back to work and provide his family a comfortable living and send his sister to a reputable music school.

A beautifully written bizarre story. As if mocking people who make a fuss over the superficials. The real tragedy is when your family member turns into insect over night. Anything else is solvable.


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