In his memorable literary work, “The Metamorphosis”, Franz Kafka successfully
incorporates underlying Marxist principles in his story in order to illustrate the seemingly
futile struggle of the working class. The story appears, at first glance, to be merely a tale of
a man somehow transformed into a giant insect of sorts. However, with a close analysis, it
becomes somewhat apparent that Kafka is using the story and the characters within to
represent class conflict and class related issues in this time period. Following his bold
opening line, Kafka immediately constructs a disturbing scenario. The protagonist, Gregor,
has awoken to find himself somehow morphed into a disgusting insect. Rather than
wondering about how this mysterious transformation occurred, he is simply consumed by
thoughts of work and worrying about how he will get himself there in this mysterious
condition.