Kafka & Gregor Family
Gregor's family are very much alike to Kafka's family in real life. Kafka's mother was a devoted housemaid and his father was a brute. Neither of his parents understood why Kafka wanted to go into writing. Much of Kafka experience with the real world reflect upon Gregor in the metamorphosis. Gregor someone who working an unenjoyable wants to quit and not go to work. This can be contrasted with Kafka wanting to go to writing but his parent pressuring him not to. Kafka father is much like Gregor's father where they were both a "major power" in the family. They control most of the decisions made in the household. The difference is that Kafka father was actually a successful businessman vs the failure of a businessman in the story. It feels like Kafka is using The Metamorphosis as a guilty pleasure making his father fail. Metamorphosis could be view as what happened if Kafka abandoned his family and went to do whatever he wanted to. His father would be disappoint...