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Review: The Metamorphosis





The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Notes/Takeaways/Spoilers

The setting of the whole story takes place in Gregor’s family home. Mostly from Gregor’s bedroom as he’s somewhat trapped there due to his family locking him away as they fear him. He eavesdrops and hears what his family does when he hasn’t had a single word spoken to him since the morning he went through his metamorphosis. The way he kept going to the window and the more often he did, he started to just see grey, nothing to look at anymore.
I liked Grete in the beginning since she cared for Gregor even though she said nothing to him. Just cleaned and helped him in his room. However as time went by, she didn’t see Gregor as Gregor anymore. Personally, the biggest impact on the plot was when describing how Grete looked and acted the morning Gregor was found dead. It changed the story of her being a helpful yet scared little sister to something more sinister.
I was a little taken aback when it was confirmed that Grete had never gone to sleep the night before Gregor was found. How all of his family seemed to move quickly, wanting to separate from this whole ordeal.
The ending was so bizarre. His family wanted peace and they got it. I genuinely think Grete saw the pain their mother was going through, didn’t see a human when looking at Gregor, and decided to take matters into her own hands.


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