... free will." This instills in the reader that Kafka's metaphor of "the bug" would make anyone disassociate him or herself from the human race. Kafka's creativity of metaphors of the tragic anecdote unquestionably hints at and provides a better overall meaning of human condition. Soares 5 Works Cited Kafka, Franz. The Metamorphosis World Literature, Revised Edition 1998. New York: ... Holt, Rinehart, and Winston Inc. 1998 Diane Sauder. "The Metamorphosis." Literary Notes. 22 Mar 1999. 13 Mar ... 1999. < http://pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmMetamorph01.asp>. Kafka, Franz. The Met...

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... Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis It is the plight of the existentialist to contemplate the intricate nature of human life, and to be overwhelmed with anxiety about the futility of his own existence. Science, and the reasoning, inquisitive human condition makes it such that humans seek out ordered meaning and ... the existentialist to question the meaning inherent to his existence. The existentialist sees the futility of human actions and decisions, all which end in death, with no real explanation for why it all occurs. The existentialist condition is captured in Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis ...

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