Metamorphosis

Symbolic story showing the only value we have to family and others is the ability to be productive, entertaining, or in the very least fulfill others ego by make them feel appreciated. If you become someone unable to contribute or able to express thankfulness, then you’re just a inconvenience and others will be better off once you’re dead.
A correct assessment of humanities general thinking if we’re honest about it, but hopefully we can care for others unconditionally.

This is a great book,indeed thought and change provoking.the death of the insect as a result of being outcasted and ensuing gratitude or lack of it at his death.relished this writ.

A book, not only too interesting, but also greatly thought-provoking.It needs a whole lot of insight and introspection to relish this apparently absurd tale.Wonderful use of symbolism and relations.Kafka's style of writing enhances it making it a book worth treasuring!

Famous though this book somehow is, the whole idea, premise and subtext is as facile as it is absurd. Even though this novella is fairly short, it could still have been achieved in half the time, and probably been more powerful for it. Kafka's writing style is merely mediocre, lacking in any real art, flair or even wit. There were many parts where Gregor wishes he had food or a proper mouth, as if the fact he's suddenly turned into a giant cockroach didn't bother him quite so much? For goodness sake! The subtext about self-righteousness and feeling distanced from the family is hardly earth-shattering and may not even be quite as intentional as art critics make it out to be. The idea that the family manage to get by afterwards without Gregor supporting them, and quickly forget him as some kind of burden, is as facile a denoument as I've ever seen in an allegedly high-brow book. A real disappointment.

Life changing! The only prescribed text that I have ever really enjoyed. The story, though short, is filled with metaphors and underlying motifs that really show off Kafka's flair and leaning towards existentialism

An insectuous tale

A dedicated employee is unappreciated by his employer and is poorly treated – like an insect.

He wakes up one morning to find he has changed into a giant insect. His family is shocked by the change. However, he and his family determine to make the situation as unpleasant for each other as possible.

However as time passes the family begins to treat him more like an insect while his soul becomes more human.

He dies; his sister then stretches her back – like an insect.

Leaving us the question; who are the insects and how does the metamorphosis begin?

A great story – subject to many interpretations

A real disaster! metamorphsis is a tragedy. imagine a man who is healthy and is the earner of the bread and butter for a family. Will the society love him and care for him; If he loses this potential and becomes a burden to the relatives. This story is just astonishing and a reader is seduced towards thinking the reality of the situations made by KAFKA. i believe that an entity which has even few elemnts of humanity, such as criminals and terminally ill people, need some kind of sympathy and humane respect.

Short and amazing. You really feel for all the characters in their new plight. I may even read the book again at some point.

I agree. This is a must read. I like the fact that the book focuses on the present and not in the past; how people perceive you as your are now and not as to how you were.

i'd like to say that, this book one of best

books i ever read. It represents the real

life in somehow ( How can a major change in

someone's life affect his surrounding).

It's full of action & reaction events.

I strongly recommand this book for all

interested readers.