Alen Piralić answers “Can someone tell me the reasons why this...”

Lirika Raça asked this question about The Metamorphosis:

Can someone tell me the reasons why this book is named The Metamorphosis? What are the reasons behind this name? I really need it and I wanna know why.

Alen Piralić The Metamorphosis - in biology, it is a visible change of an organism. In Kafka's book, ''metamorphosis'' pertains to Gregor Samsa's decadence from a …moreThe Metamorphosis - in biology, it is a visible change of an organism. In Kafka's book, ''metamorphosis'' pertains to Gregor Samsa's decadence from a human being to something completely opposite, not because of the change in his character, but because of the devastating effect of interpersonal relationships - shallowness, ingratitude, misunderstanding, selfishness, arrogancy, cynism, in one word, lack of love. It is a description of severe clinical depression, major depression, it is a description of his existential crisis, something only an unhappy person can feel and understand. Being treated in an inhumane and a degrading way, he stopped feeling human. That is what ''Metamorphosis'' means, it has nothing to do with physical appearance, but with how a man feels inside, being rejected from people you know, being cast out from this world into nothingness.

No one welcomed his ''metamorphosis'' because they knew they were responsible for it, they caused it, and that's whyit was so difficult for other characters to help him or acknowledge it, because they would have to confront the monsters in themselves - the easiest thing to do was to continue ignoring and mistreating Gregor. On the other hand, in the end, both parents were very satisfied and proud when they realized how their daughter has turned into a grown woman, even though it is a phydsical change they had nothing to do with.(less)

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