... actions ­ that he had finally done enough as a self proclaimed martyr. Kafka found it necessary even to include in this positive toned ending a jab at Samsa after death when he notes that the Samsa's new apartment was "better situated and more easily run than the one they had, which Gregor has selected," specifying that the previous was less suitable ... ­ breeding the reader's anxiety with each new word. The further one reads into the text, the more uncomfortable and anxious they become, which drives them harder to, not close the book, but keep reading with the hope that there will b...

• Word Count: 1323
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... [the clerk]" (Kafka,4). In the beginning, his father is a dependable person yet soon changes into a dominant father who subjugates his son to his will through authority and strength when Gregor notes that "the noise in his rear sounded no longer like the voice of one single father" and "above the high stiff collar of the jacket his heavy chin protruded; under ... names, Grete and Gregor, and the fact that two are the only two full names told throughout the novel. The last name of the protagonist, Samsa, is significant to the book because it helps show the symbolic relation between the l...

• Word Count: 1500
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate