Die Verwandlung

Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka’s novella begins when traveling salesman Gregor Samsa wakes one morning transformed into an unspecified monstrous vermin. As he tries to adjust to his alien body, his parents and sister Grete confront his isolation and the threat to the family’s financial order. The Metamorphosis explores work, duty, shame, alienation, family dependence, and the meaning of human dignity.