By: Franz Kafka
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| “He thought back on his family with deep emotion and love. His conviction that he would have to disappear was, if possible, even firmer than his sister's. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful reflection until the tower clock struck three in the morning. He still saw that outside the window everything was beginning to grow light. Then, without his consent, his head sank down to the floor, and from his nostrils streamed his last weak breath.” ― Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis |
Franz Kafka was a writer whose work was mostly published after his death because many of his works were not entirely finished or to his expectations. The Metamorphosis is quite possibly his most popular story and it is a thought provoking, introspective maze of Kafka's view of his role in his family through the use of allegories and symbolism.
