Metamorphosis
By Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
Kafka didn't lead a life out of the ordinary, yet there were still certain peculiarities characteristic from his life. On the psychological aspect, Kafka wasn't exactly okay. Not only did he suffered from depression, but he also from schizoid personality disorder and anorexia nerviosa. He even fell into the suicidal spectrum from time to time.
Even though he had always been a brillliant writer, only a few of Kafka's works were published during his lifetime. Actually, his most famous works were published until after his death at the hands of starvation caused by laryngeal tuberculosis.
Summary
After all the commotion passes, his sister, Grate, takes upon the task of taking care of Gregor and cleaning his room. Gregor hides and only roams around the room once his family is gone. Meanwhile though, he hides under the couch. His sister at first feeds him bread and milk, but this doesn't seem as tasty as it used to be for Gregor. Instead, he takes preference on rotten food and wastes.
Days and months pass, and after various accidents, including him making his mother faint again and him driving boarders away, Gregor discovers how much his family detest him. Due to this, Gregor becomes reclusive and stops eating; dying soon after at the hand of exhaustion and starvation. The cleaning lady the family had hired to clean his room finds his corpse the morning after and tells the family, who is glad that the weight of having to take care of Gregor is finally gone.