Symbolism in The Metamorphosis

Symbolism in “Metamorphosis” “As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect” (chapter 1). How odd! A story where a salesman mysteriously wakes up and finds himself transformed into a large bug. Why? How? There has to be some explanation to why this story contained such strange elements. Gregor’s transformation was much too peculiar of an incident not to stand for something, symbolically. Kafka …showed first 75 words of 1141 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1141 total…the lines and look for symbolism. The reader has to delve deeper into the story in order to understand it completely. Kafka kept this story interesting with the inclusion of symbolism, as well as aspects from his personal life. Kafka made this story seem very strange. Strangeness adds to the ambiguity of the book. Ambiguity forces the reader to come up with his own creative assessment of the story and thoroughly analyze its symbolic representations.