Was gregor from the book "The Metamorphosis" by frank kafka really a bug?If not explain please!!?

Question

If not then why were his parents so scared of looking at him and how could an apple get stuck on his back if he is a human, im lost, Help!

Answer 1

It is precisely the stylistic mastery with which Kafka confronts the realistic description of a Central European middle class family at the beginning of the 20th century with an equally realistic description of Gregor Samsa's feelings as a bug that makes this such a great novella. If you feel uneasy about the story, join the club; that's what great art does: it challenges your perceptions and your security of knowing the world.

And now go and write 100 times: "I will not refer to Franz Kafka as "frank kafka" ever again."

Answer 2

In the original (ie. not translated into English), the word used translates more closely to "vermin" (ie. "a giant vermin.") While this can connotatively be an insect (and the story does suggest Gregor Samsa is a giant insect), the word for "vermin" was also used as an insulting word to describe Jewish people at the time and place of Kafka writing the story. So, while the story can be read as an allegory of a number of things, many critics point out that one of the allegories is about anti-Semitism and its effects on people. More generally, one could read the text as an examination of how people who don't fit in (because of race or culture or ethnicity) are often either destroyed (like Gregor at the end) or forced to assimilate (like the sister).

Answer 3

When he was human he was taken for granted. He was stuck in a job that he did like, his boss took over the company from Gregor's father and always harrassed him. His parents were accustomed to a certain life and his income only could sustain them. His father was not cut out for any manual work. Only his sister like him and used to sing for him.
All this while Gregor was alienated. Alienation is the theme of this work. So when he woke up turned as a bug he is the same inside and only his physical self is changed. Meaning they would not even notice him unless he turned into a roach. Then it really stirs them up.
His father is disgusted with him all along. Having to depend on him. Now he shows his disgust openly. His mother is just wall paper. He is felt most deceived by his sister who cannot look at him and just drops the plate as if he were an insect.
After he dies, they do not go into his room. The maid just goes and cleans him out and they take in boarders and they go for a picnic. So they really did not need him all along. He just hung out of a sense of duty. But he was not appreciated, his help was begrudged, while he was human they did not see him for what he was. As a bug they were made to confront their true feelings. Till then they were leading a resigned life.
Its just a way to show that even when surrounded by all the comforts in life, you can be so cut off.

Answer 4

When referring to books, "advanced" might be the most subjective word in Wicca. Whether or not the material in a book is advanced, depends entirely upon what the reader/student has already read/studied. I genuinely believe that most authors believe they are writing advanced books when they sit down to write. I am sure they are basing this off of what they have seen with their own students of their experiences with others. There is validity to the argument that advanced material is specialized material and most of the books on my shelf I would consider advanced are books on specific subjects. True advanced material probably only lives in two forms; in the form of specialized books on subjects that simply aren't of interest to everyone and in the notebooks and hard drives of those who train labeled as "curriculum". If I had any fantastic ideas regarding advanced books, Llewellyn would be the last place I'd take them. They can't even turn out decent beginner materials. I find it amusing that they exclude history and memoirs as I learn way more from those two types of books than any other subject. The problem is that subjects such as ritual and all the things that occur within ritual are things best learned not from a book.

Answer 5

From the English version (translated by Willa and Edwin Muir) of the story, Gregor Samsa woked up one morning and found himself transformed to be a gigantic insect. Please find someone who knows German to read the original and find if it is a bug or gigantic insect.

Answer 6

The story is an allegory, and in the story he is really a giant bug.
The story represents what can happen when a member of the family has a horrible wasting disease and eventually dies from it.

Answer 7

All humans are bugs and the realization of your "bugness" makes you horrifying to the rest of the world. We are all bugs. Embrace your bugness!!