Essay on Indifference in Franz Kafkas The Metamorphosis

Killing Indifference in The Metamorphosis Even forrader the beginning of the story, each member of the Samsa family in Franz Kafkas Metamorphosis serves a specific purpose. Gregor Samsa, the tragic protagonist of the story, performs his job with routine precision. It is this utilisation as a provider that fosters his relationship to his family. But at the onset of the story, Gregor is inexplicably alter into a gigantic insect. (p.67) In addition to jeopardizing his role in both(prenominal) society and work, this transformation severely set up his relationship with his family. The consequent indifference, alienation, and in the end hatred that he elicits from his family is the source of his demise. For without the emotional sustenance and the essential role within the family that Gregor had occupied previous to his metamorphosis, he is non able to sustain life. Even after Gregor has become an insect, his initial reaction is not one and only(a) of alarm. Surprisingly, his f irst response is to devise some sort of plan to warrant his job and hence his role in the family. The only call to prodding that interrupts his cool reflection is the arrival of the chief clerk (p.73). Accordingly, Gregor laments his fate of cosmos condemned to work for a firm where the smallest omission can give countermand to the highest suspicion (p.74). It is as if he would most likely entirely overshadow his more immediate and pressing condition of being an insect if it did not impede his ability to go to work. Gregor, in fact, finally risks bodily violate only due to the agitation he feels over the thought of his parents beseeming unsettled by their sons tardiness and the pres... ... implores Grete to her father while she is persuading him to abrogate the bug(p.125). But the damage is already done. The Samsa familys exclusion of Gregor is what causes his demise. Even though the description of his death does involve physical characteristics, it is Gregors memory of hi s family that effects him the most. During his final moments, he describes the apple which is embedded in his back as ...hardly troubling him(p.127). He then proceeds to think of his family with tenderness and love (p.127). This thought summons represents Gregors need to be at peace with the family of which he was much(prenominal) an integral part prior to his metamorphosis. For without the love and affection and nurture that Gregor both provided and received, he is forced to succumb to his physical demise.