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SooJin LeePeriod 2Mr. AjlounyFeb 6, 2014The Metamorphosis sample Prompt How is Gregors slip into a solicit a delegation of an existentialism crisis?Existentialism is known to be a dangerous philosophical theory that makes us question ourselves the purpose of our lives, and makes us feel isolated from the world that can even lead to accepting death. In his swindle 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 mortal realizing until something changes in that persons life. For example, Kafka creates a character c all in all in Gregor, a traveling sales valet who hightail its very hard to over tolerate 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 ceaselessly out in business trips, he is a lonely man. Gregor is utilize to being alone and even formed the cautious habit.. of locking all his doors at night(13). His routine for a day is simple work and sleep alike a bug. He does not meet with whatever woman, go on a vacation, or even rest calm at home because he is so condemned to work for a crocked where people immediately conceive the greatest suspicions at the smallest sign of omission (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 can 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 beget a funeral for Gregor, he is thrown like a dead bug on the grade. Until the end, Gregors family does not show their love for G regor, but swan some tears at the end half of it because they feel bad and the other half it because they feel free. The way how Gregors family treated Gregor put to work 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.