Society determines a person's value. Because of this, it is hard for an ordinary individual to have a social life, pleasures, and an enjoyable life. Instead, the person must struggle to provide for their family and live up to the expectations of society. When people change and step out from the norm, people realize their worth and importances. Bartleby the Scrivener and The Metamorphosis were both written in the eyes of another to show how Bartleby and Gregor Samsa were seen as after their metamorphosis by society. Once someone’s economical value is gone they are seen as nothing by sociality.
People who are recognized in society are those who can provide for them and others. Most of the time they are taken for granted. It takes a dramatic…show more content… At that moment Gregor only thought of how he would not be able to help his family and how it would affect them. He knew his family was not in good shape so was considered only on their survival instead of his own at the movement. His family depended on him especially since they were facing hardships. When he was unable to work they distanced themselves and his sister had to fill his position. He felt alienated.
Bartleby the Scrivener and The Metamorphosis were both told from the point of you of an outsider, someone other than the protagonist. This allows us to see these protagonists in the same perspective as their family or coworkers would have. The lawyer states “Good-bye, Bartleby; I am going—good-bye, and God some way bless you; and take that,” slipping something in his hand. But it dropped to the floor, and then,—strange to say—I tore myself from him whom I had so longed to be rid of” (Melville 2351).
The lawyer saw Bartleby as a friend, but when Bartleby became unproductive, the lawyer left and deserted Bartleby when he needs him the most. When people lose their economic value, they are most often dismissed by their
