The Kafka s The Metamorphosis - 959 Words

â€Å"When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous insect† (Kafka 269). The opening line of Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis has been known as the best opening line in modern literature (X. J. Kennedy 269), and still critics stumble over that single opening line. Kafka was always hesitant to publish his work and published very few short works in his actual life time one of which was The Metamorphosis. Kafka died at a young age from tuberculosis; he asked for his other works to be destroyed soon after his death and not published. His wishes were not granted. He was his biggest critic. He did chose to publish The Metamorphosis when he was alive, though it took longer than he expected. The short novel has three equal sections that cover Gregor’s transformation into some kind of insect, transition into bug life, and his death. Due to the diction and plot Kafka used in the Metamorphosis there are a n umber of literary critics who interpret his meaning differently than the next because of translation and difference in opinion. Gorge Henson, and writer for world literature today described Kafka’s opening line similarly to X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia from their literature book. He said it â€Å"is one of twentieth-century literature s most iconic first lines† (Henson). Henson also went on to say that Kafka’s word choice of that opening line alone left a lot of room for reinterpretation through translation. There are manyShow MoreRelatedThe Metamorphosis Franz Kafka s Metamorphosis1663 Words   |  7 PagesIn The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka tells the story of a young man named Gregor who observes the radical changes in his life after transforming into an insect. Gregor’s life was centered on his job as a traveling salesperson and his family. One morning Gregor woke up transformed into an insect. 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