To Live in a Vermin’s World: A Marxist View of Kafka’s The Metamorphos

To Live in a Vermins earth A Marxist View of Kafkas The MetamorphosisOne of the honors for greatest theories in contemporary civilization has to be awarded to Marxism. Invented in late 19th coulomb by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, Marxism has had great influences on the development of modern society. Despite its eventual failure, Marxism once led to numerous revolutions that field of studying classes raised against the ruling parties in assorted countries. Consequently, it paved the way for the erection of the Berlin Wall, the formation of the Warsaw Treatiescommunist camp confronting NATO, and the establishment of a world super power, the Soviet Union at the penetrate of this century. Even decades later, later on all those Marxist milestones concur collapsed, China, with one fifth of worlds population, still faithfully believes in this possible action. It is certain, then, Marxisms effect on peoples thoughts is deep and profound. It is natural for people living in the bir thplace and at the birth time of Marxism, Franz Kafka for instance, to have been affected by this theory to a greater extent. As an author, Kafkas affiliation with Marxism was revealed in his novella, The Metamorphosis. It tells about a German travelling salesman Gregor Samsa, who awoke one morning only to find himself transform into a bug. Thereafter, Gregor was soon deprived of his job and was no longer able to financially support his family as he had been. Confronted with this sudden change, the family members started to discard Gregor one after the other. Not only the father, who was eager to get rid of his bug-shaped son right after Gregors disaster, his mother and sister finally retracted all their sack out and care as puff up. Ending with Gregors miserable death, ... ...ncy of interest lies in the fact that Gregors family members have to sacrifice leisure and go on work after his transformation while Gregor himself switches from a provider to a consumer. Thus, it is easy t o observe a match between Gregors outcome and that of proletarians.Gregor is not a bug physically, but mentally he is. A story about his denial of a life in oppression, Gregors metamorphosis is as well a story about his pursuit of a life with fairness. Marked by Marxist characteristics, the transformation conforms to a proletarian struggle in that they have 1) like motives--unjust social and economic position 2) like naturesboth the target and the form and 3) like outcomes--a wretched collapse. Though noticed and commented on by a few(prenominal) critics, Marxist thoughts are clearly presented by Kafka in terms of Gregors decisive turning to live in a vermins world.