Evaluation:
Published: 27.01.2006.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Franz Kafka: Artist vs Society.', 1.
  • Essays 'Franz Kafka: Artist vs Society.', 2.
Extract

In the stories, "The Metamorphosis", "Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk", and "A Hunger Artist", author Franz Kafka makes the disturbing social criticism that the more generous or artistic one is, the worse they are treated by society. Gregor Samsa, Jospehine, and the Hunger Artist are either persons or an artist who was mistreated and taken advantage of by the public or by his or her peers.
In "The Metamorphosis", Gregor Samsa seems to be a human form of money to his family. When Gregor wakes up as an insect, his family is primarily worried about how the change will affect them and…

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