Essay On Kafka's Metamorphosis

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Marxist Criticism of Metamorphosis

Kafka’s metamorphosis, a book about the strange and peculiar life of Gregor Samsa who goes from peasant to pest is actually a tale of class struggle and the rigged game of capitalism. Kafka’s purpose in writing this was to inform the public about themselves and how the wools been rolled over their eyes.

In the beginning for the book we learn the Samsa is a traveling salesman, he describes how horrible his job is, “Oh god, he thought what a grueling job i’ve picked! Day in day out-on the road. The upset of doing business is much worse than the actual business in the home office, and, besides, I’ve got the torture of traveling, worrying about changing trains,eating miserable food at all hours,constantly seeing new faces, no relationships that last or get more intimate. To the devil with it all!” (page 4). Now look at the words Kafka picks to describe his menial labor, torture, miserable, worrying, no relationships, and “to the devil with it all”. These are words of a revolutionary, one who sees that their labor bears no fruit and is fed up with it.

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now we can thank God!" (55). This just further shows how capitalism has invaded our good moral beliefs about right and wrong. The family is relieved although because the financial burden of having to support a literal parasite is over, Kafka further proves that this is his point by having the family quickly moving out to a more suitable home for their money situation.

Kafka’s Metamorphosis is an excellent portrail on the class struggle between the haves and the have nots, but the most valuable part of his book is the image he shows us we have for those who don’t work, they’re vermin. Kafka really does show us how we treat and think about those unable to contribute to society, and it is a terrible view we have of
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