![]() ![]() TikTok has been quoting his deep and amorous lines, pondering over the fact that people these days don't wax lyrical like Kafka can. People are also pining over the way the author writes about love. His most prominent work is able to be read in a single sitting garnering a readership of people who (let's face it, have shorter attention spans) yet want to read classic works of fiction. The accessibility of Kafka's writing is a further reason for its widespread appeal. ![]() This tracks Gen Z who have been deemed the 'loneliest living generation.' ![]() Gregor is alone in his bedroom for most of the novella. We've seen this before with the likes of Donna Tart's The Secret History, as the novel delves into some deep philosophical meanderings and touches on similar themes to The Metamorphosis. Isolation from the world, and from others around you feature prominently in Tart's 1992 novel which runs through Kafka's work in a similar vein. The dark and cynical tone used in Kafka's The Metamorphosis hits at something specific with TikTok. Subsequently, he struggles to adjust to his new condition. A salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find that he's been inexplicably transformed into a huge insect. The story of The Metamorphosis, for those of us who haven't picked it up since English class, is as follows. What happens in Kafka's The Metamorphosis? ![]()
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