Kafka’s The Metamorphosis explores isolation and rejection

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  Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis tells the story of a traveling salesman who wakes to find he has become a giant insect.

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  The story explores rejection, betrayal, social isolation and emotional dehumanization.

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  Book Riot describes the work as a brief but impactful short story.

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  The article notes that Kafka’s name is used as an adjective.

Who

Franz Kafka wrote The Metamorphosis; its central character is a traveling salesman.

What

The story follows the salesman after he wakes transformed into a giant insect.

When

Not stated

Where

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Why

Kafka uses the transformation to explore rejection, betrayal, social isolation and emotional dehumanization.

This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.

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