Essay Archive - The Metamorphosis: The Last Four Pages
The Metamorphosis: The Last Four Pages
At first glance, the final four pages of Franz Kafka's novel The
Metamorphosis seem to be meaningless. This assumption, however, is anything but
the truth. The final four pages, although seeming to be of no importance, serve
to show the reader how the Samsa family changes as a result of the main
character's, Gregor Samsa's, death. The family's changes are best exemplified
in two different scenes: the scene at the kitchen table, and the scene on the
trolley.
During the scene at the kitchen table, there is a common change among
the family members: their new willingness to do th....
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