Metamorphosis developed by Franz Kafka
Summary
The work of "Metamorphosis", developed by Franz Kafka, tells the story of Gregorio Samsa, which might be a reflection of the author and his life, because it tells how the main character is responsible for maintaining stability economic of his whole family and how he has to deal with his life after he suddenly changes.
Gregorio Samsa was a man who had the responsibility of supporting his family financially for much of his adult life, so the affection that this generated in his sister, to see him as a model to follow; Gregorio supported his sister in everything she wanted to do, and she had an immense affection, so much so that she financed her musical studies.
However, everything was changing at the time Gregorio also changed, which was noted as the story progressed, when it did not show the same affection, and the love that once existed deteriorated over time, until The point of ceasing to exist.This is demonstrated specifically, since it is the one who makes the decision to let him die, since he was motivated at the time Gregorio scared the tenants who promised the income to the family that Gregorio could no longer contribute, on the other hand , to this was added the fact that the sister could no longer love that "thing" in which her previous brother was transformed.
At the end of, it is necessary And when, he could supply the family economically, and at the time he could no longer, she discarded it, just as society does it with every man who cannot fulfill a purpose in society.
Introduction
It can be said that the literary work written by Franz Kafka in 1915, called "Metamorphosis", is a story that slightly tells the author’s life and how it felt, which could be evidenced in the description of the characters and in the Development of the work, it was written in the twentieth century, that is, at the time of World War I, showing a little how, people felt, such as insects or "bugs". Similarly, it has an abstract approach to the impact that women of that century had, referring to the secondary character, Grete Samsa, Gregorio’s sister, identified with Ottilie "Ottla" Kafka.
This work tells the story of a young man named Gregorio Samsa, who had to work to keep his father, mother and sister, however, one day he woke up as a bug or cockroach (as many readers can interpret it), so he was completely rejected by his father, his mother felt disgusted but even with her mother instincts, and her sister took care of him, but only at the beginning, then neglected him and after the flight of the tenants of her home, she decided Let it die.
In the same way, as he had the responsibility of supporting his family financially for much of his adult life, the affection that this generated in his sister, to be seen as a model to follow; Gregorio supported his sister in everything she wanted to do, and she had an immense affection, so much so that she financed her musical studies. However, everything was changing at the time Gregorio also changed his physical condition, which was noted as the story progressed, when it did not show the same affection, and the affection that once existed deteriorated with the time, to the point of ceasing to exist.
Developing
In the metamorphosis, he explicitly shows how the sister is, who makes the decision to let Gregorio Samsa die, since he was motivated at the time when he frightened the tenants who promised the income to the family that this no longer He could contribute economically, on the other hand, to this was added the fact that the sister could no longer love that "thing" in which his previous brother was transformed. Likewise, the human selfishism that presented that era so much is evident, since the only thing the family worried was for the money Gregorio could not offer more.
On the other hand, as mentioned at the beginning, Grete was related to Franz’s favorite sister, the descriptions he has with Ottilie claim that they were confidant and had an immense love for each other, always relying and taking care of themselves, because in The story a little of this is noted, however it takes an unexpected turn when Grete makes the decision to discard Gregorio.
However, Kafka has a compilation of letters aimed at his Ottla’s sister, her favorite, called "Letters to Ottla and the family", it contains written from 1909 to 1924.(Penguin Random House, 2013) states that "… These letters offer a unique vision of the Kafka family’s functioning, their relationship with the Jewish community of Prague and Kafka’s feelings about his parents and siblings". Likewise, as mentioned above, Ottilie was Kafka’s favorite sister, since she was his confidant, in addition the youngest of her three sisters; In the history Gregorio sustained his musical studies, in the same way, in the life of Kafka himself the story was not so different, since he subsidized his education in an agricultural school.In this way, (Kafka, 1982) in two of his letters expresses the following:
1. Dear Ottla, I don’t have to forgive you, but you yes, not because of the reproaches I wrote to you, because they were mild, but because internally I threw imprecations for not keeping your word in such a serious matter. But since you explain your negligence, although unfortunately not with precision, and after all, someone who is talking with a girl who is working with the fingers to the bone should not be angry, is not out of doubt that despite these times I can bring you something nice back.
two. Dear Ottla, tell the parents that I sincerely appreciate their letters and that tomorrow I will write them carefully. God knows how fast time passes. Mom informs me that you will be writing. You will not, but if you had the intention to do it, do not do it, it is very difficult.
Certainly, one of the greatest changes of the twentieth century was the emancipation of women and her participation in social, political and economic life, something that was denied long ago. It is possible that one of the decisive factors in this change have been the wars, since in various cases women took responsibility to replace men, who when enlisting in the army, entrusted their work and occupations to women. It is also necessary to add the economic and technical advances, which independent the woman of unquestionable domotic people and favored female participation in claiming actions.
Similarly, together with World War I, women were also mobilized to access workplaces. However, war could no longer be considered as a company only masculine, which corresponded to expressing new responsibilities and new trades for these, which achieved mobility and self-confidence itself. Despite this, the war was just a parenthesis before the return to normal, even stopping the female liberalization movement that was already extended throughout Europe.
conclusion
It can be said that, in the two fragments cited in the book "Lettersto Ottla and Thefamily", the machismo that eradicated the twentieth century is noticeable, when this says "Mom informs me that you will be writing. You will not, but if you had the intention to do it, do not do it, it is very difficult, ”maybe there is some background in this letter, but at first glance, what is described at the beginning of the paragraph is what it seems.
Similarly, it shows how united Franz and Ottla, because of the way in several of his letters is quite explicit and always in the end saying "I will take you a gift". There is also the change of what the woman was at that time, since Kafka expresses "… a girl who is working with the fingers to the bone", and for what was described in previous paragraphs, at that historical moment the woman was starting their participation in social, political and economic life.
In conclusion, it can be said that, really the relationship between Grete and Ottla, is not so similar, of course, Kafka in writing this book dramatized many of its Scriptures, however, if you make the love that Gregorio and Grete had noticed , like Franz and Ottla, because before he made the decision to forget his brother, he took care and interpreted various pieces in his violin for him.
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