Metamorphosis Nailed To The Floor

But he felt nailed to the spot and stretched out.

Metamorphosis nailed to the floor.

Without question the metamorphosis is full of religious resonances. Unbelievable pain might disappear with a change of place. The metamorphosis written by franz kafka is more than a mere story of gregor samsa s transformation into an insect. The conversion itself the wrath of the father the fatal apple gregor s christ like death nailed to the floor by the apple thrown by his father.

There are numerous instances where gregor falls to the floor when he loses his mind see our discussion of quote 8 under man and the natural world. In the novel metamorphosis by franz kafka a young man named gregor samsa wakes up one day only to find out that he has gone through a physical transformation into a giant bug. One weakly lobbed apple grazed gregor s back and harmlessly slid off. Of the father in hurling of the fatal apple which almost resulted in gregor s christ like death by being nailed to the floor offer other religious resonances.

But he felt nailed to the spot and stretched out his body in a. He was a tool. Throughout the metamorphosis his family basically disowns him and he begins to feel like a burden to them so he decides he needs to go and for him death was the only option. Page 27 of 41.

But he felt as if he was nailed in place and lay stretched out completely confused in all his senses. He threw his cap on which a gold monogram apparently the. The metamorphosis tells the story of gregor samsa. These small red apples rolled around the floor as if electrified and collided with each other.

There is a great deal of symbolism in kafka s the metamorphosis.