Frank Kafka is Gregor Samsa Franz Kafka's works read like the biography of his life. ... Hermann Kafka, a self-made storekeeper, had a big build and an aggressive character, opposed to Franz's smaller body and milder, highly intellectual, personality. Though living very energetic, smooth and charming, Kafka never managed to emerge out of his father's shadow and escape his self-hatred. ... Possibly because of Franz's low self-esteem, he does not think he could live successfully married, let alone manage a family. ... This metamorphosis allows his hidden self to emer...

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