and a new one with his sister will begin. Fast however saw the actual meaning of the story different than mine however. Fast states that Kafka “In his mind, he has performed the equation; man and roach are the same; they are each as worthy as the other; they are each as glorious as the other; they cancel out” (Fast, page 13). By saying this Fast is saying that Kafka is stating that mankind is a lazy, disgusting, low life form. Which in Gregor’s case does not hold true. The book begins with Gregor thinking about how hard he works and how sick of it he is. Not only that but he is paying off a debt he really does have to, so he cannot be lazy.An overall critical analysis more along the lines that can I agree with comes from Stanley Corngold in “Kafka, Franz The Metamorphosis”. Corngold goes more along my lines when he says:“’The metamorphosis’ can also be seen as a reaction against bourgeois society and its demands. Gregor’s manifest physical separation may represent his alienation and inarticulate yearnings. He had been a ‘vermin,’ crushed and circumscribed by authority and routine. He had been imprisoned by social and economic demands: ’Just don’t stay in bed being useless….’”This I believe is the effect his family had on him, which continued this pattern by feeding upon itself. It reversed the roles with Gregor’s father playing the disgruntled worker and Gregor becoming the invalid his father was. However Gregor was only an invalid because of circumstance. Unlike his father who apparently failed in life and was in debt.In conclusion it is only suffice to say that this story continues its suffice communistic pattern. Allen Thiher in “Franz Kafka A Study of the Short Fiction” states it well when he says “A contrast to Gregor’s demise is the final image of ‘The Metamorphosis.’ Gregor’s s...
