Kafka's choice of transformation
We have already discussed Kafka's reasoning for turning Gregor into a bug in class, but I'd just like to share my opinion on the matter. I think that the main reason Kafka turned Gregor into an insect was to serve as a metaphor for Gregor's lifestyle. We know from all kinds of insects, especially ants and bees, that they live a very systematic lifestyle, mindlessly working until they die. Sounds pretty familiar doesn't it? This description portrays Gregor's life as we know so far very accurately. He wakes up, goes to work, gets his money for his family, similarly to insects working for the greater good of the colony, and then goes to sleep only to repeat the same thing the next day and so on. The day he wakes up as a bug, he doesn't even think about the other millions of complications it will bring him, he just thinks about how he's going to be late to work. Even when something completely supernatural happens to him, he only has work in his mind. As I ...