![]() ![]() Gregor’s parents possessed a large sum of money in savings, which symbolizes the needlessness of Gregor’s exploitation. Gregor’s metamorphosis is that of Kafka’s being an obedient son, subserviently paying for his parents’ narcissistic needs with his own life, into being a disobedient one-as if he had become a ‘piece of vermin’. Kafka describes how he had experienced his parents’ financial and emotional exploitations of him, to the point of detaching from them and thereby ceasing to be their son (the real metamorphosis). ![]() What does it mean? In my mind it is not complicated at all and is most probably an autobiography of how Kafka himself had experienced his early life living with his parents. The translation is by Ian Johnston, not the translator that is in Gutenberg I like Johnston's more. ![]() This story, about a man who wakes up transformed into a bug and the repercussions it has on his life and the people around him, has intrigued me for many years. LibriVox recording of The Metamorphosis (version 4) by Franz Kafka. ![]()
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