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SooJin LeePeriod 2Mr. AjlounyFeb 6, 2014The Metamorphosis Essay Prompt How is Gregors transformation into a rally a representation of an existentialist philosophy crisis?Existentialism is known to be a risky philosophical theory that makes us question ourselves the purpose of our lives, and makes us feel isolated from the world that peck even lead to accepting death. In his short story The Metamorphosis, Kafka represents the horror of existentialism through Gregors transformation of a bug. Kafka empathizes that existentialism is so dangerous that existential attitude occurs without even a person realizing until something changes in that persons life. For example, Kafka creates a character name Gregor, a traveling salesman who works really hard to all over provide for his family, to show how he does not realize how tired and overworking man he is until he transforms into a useless bug. Because Gregor over works for his family and is always out in business trips, he is a lonely m an. Gregor is used to being alone and even formed the cautious habit.. of lock all his doors at night(13). His routine for a day is simple work and sleep wish well a bug. He does not meet with both woman, go on a vacation, or even rest peaceful at home because he is so condemned to work for a firm where the great unwashed immediately conceive the greatest suspicions at the smallest sign of negligence (15). Hes isolation from the world even before he becomes a bug already shows his existential attitude. However, Gregor does not realizes this until he turns into a beetle who no longer mickleful work, but to stay in his room. Kafka uses Gregor to represent that existentialism can not be seen until something physically happens. Although Kafka presents Gregor as an indif... ...simply clears out that trash into a dumpster(51). Instead of being buried and have a funeral for Gregor, he is thrown like a dead bug on the grade. Until the end, Gregors family does not show their love fo r Gregor, but shed some tears at the end half of it because they feel sad and the other half it because they feel free. The way how Gregors family treated Gregor play a big role of danger of existentialism.Through Gregors transformation as a bug, Kafka represents how people around Gregor and himself place Gregor into a greater danger of existentialism. He shows the reader how horrific existentialism is and that this can be one of the reasons why deaths occur in this world. He warns the reader to be able to maintain the limit and the ability of how much a person can work, so that we dont have to be like Gregor who only works for living like a bug would do.