... basic form when not considering the introspections of the main character moves from one moment to the next in regular timing. The book is small and divided into three sections. The first deals with Gregor's transformation, the second deals with psychological settlement, and the third concludes the book with Gregor's death and his family's escape from the situation. Metamorphosis contains quite a few interesting literary devices. Irony is one in particular that ... Kafka uses to strike heavily. While the protagonist of the story awakes one ... ...

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... . It doesn't do him much good for his family does not speak after the metamorphosis. But as time goes on they don't think of him in such an awkward manner. On the contrary, he becomes a common burden that they all share though they would never speak of him as such. The irony is that they were a heavy burden on Gregor during his former job. Gregor ... 's harder to live as a beetle than look at one. They never seem to grasp the hardships he faces in his own mind. The original printing of The Metamorphosis had a planned illustration of Gregor's beetle form, "Kafka wrote to the publishers on ...

• Word Count: 948
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• Grade Level: High School