Franz Kafka can be noted as the originator of the theme of alienation in the twentieth century. Throughout the century, as society evolved and began to disassociate itself from community and family values, Kafka's theme became all the more prevalent. However his piece Metamorphosis is said to ...

Franz Kafka published a relatively small amount of stories in his lifetime. Almost all of them are autobiographical in nature. In this way, his novella, The Metamorphosis, could be considered an allegory for his own life. The whole idea of a "metamorphosis" seems to come from Kafka&apos...

The Castle: A Social Commentary? The Castle is unlike any novel I have ever read. This could be attributed to a number of things that makes the book difficult to follow. Kafka writes with a very muddled and confusing style-and example being that his main character is simply referred to with t...