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Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis Summary Chapter 2

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¨Although Gregor told himself over and over again that nothing special was happening, only a few pieces of furniture were being moved, he soon had to admit that this coming and going of women… had the effect on him of a great turmoil swelling on all sides, and as much as he tucked his head and his legs and shrank until his belly touched the floor, he was forced to admit that he would not be able to stand it much longer. They were clearing out his room; depriving him of everything that he loved”.
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“But his father was in no mood for subtleties; “Ah!” he cried as he entered, in a tone that sounded as if he were at once furious and glad… He had not really imagined his father looking like this… was this the same man who in the …show more content…
saw his mother run up to his father and on the way her unfastened petticoats slide to the floor one by one; and saw as, stumbling over the skirts, she forced herself onto his father, and embracing him, in complete union with him- but now Gregor’s sight went dim- her hands clasping his father’s neck, begged for Gregor’s life”.
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Here Gregor is experiencing the internal conflict of man vs. self. As his belongings are removed from his room, he starts to lose the little pieces left of his human self. Gregor cannot stand the thought of completely embracing his new life and form, which I concluded from him clinging to what little of his humanity is left. The remaining furniture represented his remaining humanity. The author purposely described his shrinking and turmoil to show a great deal of pain Gregor is in, as his metamorphosis continues, not physically, but mentally. Gregor’s struggle relates back to two existentialist philosophers, Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre. Heidegger’s thoughts of becoming your authentic self relates to Gregor’s struggle to accept himself. Sartre’s thoughts of Capitalism enslaving people and stopping them from fulfilling their true nature are shown in Gregor’s struggle. The job he has to repay his parents debts enslaves him and leads to his metamorphosis, and struggle of holding onto

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