What Does Kafka’s Metamorphosis Reveal About Human Bonds?

by Arjumand Qadir Kala Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

Kafka suggests that suffering, as cruel as it is, sometimes forces others into independence.

Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis is a meditation on alienation, duty, and the fragility of human bonds. Written more than a century ago, the novella continues to resonate because it exposes something unsettling about the human condition, the way individuals are valued largely for their utility.

The story follows Gregor Samsa, a travelling salesman who works relentlessly to support his family. One morning, he awakens to find himself transformed into a giant insect. What strikes the reader most is not the grotesque metamorphosis itself but Gregor’s very first thought, which is not fear or despair but anxiety about