Franz Kafka had trouble at home with his father. His father wanted him to become a lawyer, but Franz did not want to be a lawyer, he wanted to be a writer. He went to law school against his will, because his father wanted him to go there. He then took a high paying position with the government of Czechoslovakia in an insurance post. In the story, Gregor's father had very little respect for him, and Gregor had to work to pay off the family debts. That is an example of Gregor's father's control over his life and Kafka's situation was similar. He eventually was forced to become a lawyer, whereas what Kafka wanted was a literary degree.

Franz Kafka made his character, Gregor, transfor

m into an insect in the story. Nobody wants to associate themselves with an insect, which is a lowly creature, a pest, or nuisance. This symbolizes Kafka's depression and his poor self image. Since his family treats the insect like an outcast, that must be how Franz felt about the treatment that his own family gave him. It showed the control that his father put on him. He was not allowed to leave his room. Gregor's parents were so afraid to take him out of the house, because he was the family secret, and they thought that would bring shame and ruin the family.

Kafka had many other things in his life besides his constant arguments and battles with his father. He loved for Fraulein F.B. (Felice). Though they never married because Kafka believed that he was not suited for marriage, and that Felice was to ordinary, and she made demands of him that he could not meet. In the story, the sister Grete represents Fraulein F.B. When Gregor's sister, Grete played the violin, Gregor wanted to walk up to her and grab her and take her off to his room, and she would just agree with him and follow his lead and go off to his room with him. There she could play for him and him only. The reality is that when Gregor got close to her and she saw him, she screamed and yelled at him and wished that her family would have gotten rid of him long ago. Kafka and Felice were in love, but the idea of being a husband or father seemed

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