s and was completely depressed. His depression portrays his feeling that he has no control over the future. He even has no control over himself. “In his present state, he could not get into that position. No matter how hard he threw himself onto his right side, he always rocked onto his back again.” Kafka beautifully incorporates the climax into the introduction of his story in order to deeply involve the reader in the story. This introduction no only serves to introduce characters and reveal the basic plot summary, but it is the main point of action in the story as well. Rationale: The opening lines or introduction are always pivotal and vital in the analyzation of a novel. This scene may not always be the most interesting or the most action packed, but the introduction to a novel is key in understanding the reasoning behind the novel. The introduction can also clue you in to characters’, setting, and many other key points in a story. Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is no different than any other novel. The introduction of this story not only clue’s the reader in on the rest of the book, the most important part of the story is contained within these first thirty lines, the climax. Kafka begins his story with the climax, so it is easy for the reader to see how the introduction to this story in particular could be quite important. I particularly enjoyed the first thirty lines of Metamorphosis as I do every other novel in which I have encountered. It contained not only the same details that are pivotal to the story, but the most exciting lines of this novel are the first ones’. After the introduction the rest of the novel begins to fall off in its’ excitement level.Many metaphors, similes, personifications and symbols are presented by Kafka in these first thirty lines. These literary elements themselves always provide a reader to a novel with much enjoyment and Metamorphosis is no diff...
