![]() Unquestionably Gregor Samsa is meant to portray the more dehumanizing aspects of the contemporary struggle against the suppression of human ideals. The Metamorphosis is an illustration of how modern society works to alienate people from society by stripping away even the little power they have over their own lives. Gregor is the epitome of management’s conception of the perfect laborer: hardworking and respectful and unyielding in his acceptance of his role in the larger machinery of society. Following hard upon Karl Marx’s theories of worker alienation, the protagonist of the story, Gregor Samsa, is the personification of the deadening of the soul amidst the rise of the industrial revolution. ![]() ![]() Franz Kafka’s novella The Metamorphosis is a classic in the genre of fiction that arose in the early 20 th century. ![]()
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