Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
A Discussion about the Methods the Narrator uses to Control the Audience's Perceptions and Attitudes about the Characters and Events
The Metamorphosis is a story that makes an interesting use of the third person narrative by narrating the story from a rather unique perspective, but also evolving as the story progresses. In the beginning of the story the narrator is a witness to all events and is described as being limitedly "omniscient," or being knowledgeable about everything that is going on in relation to the story from one perspective. For example, the narrator is able to illustrate to the reader all of the thought and emotions that are held by the protagonist Gregor Samsa, and after his death this perspective is broadened to including the inner most thoughts of other members of the Samsa family as well. The level of understanding that the narrator can share from an omniscient perspective is not unparalleled in a more traditional form of narration and has numerous interpretations and applications. One of the most interesting metaphors that identified in the research in regards to the dynamics that is fully relevant in modern society, is how reciprocal exchange relationships guide capitalistic economic systems in a similar way to reciprocity found in Gregor's relationships.
Effectiveness of the Narrator's Role
Given the novella's popularity and uniqueness, the story has been subjected to numerous analysis over the course of roughly a century. The initial analyses are based on a focus of one of three basic concepts: the "extended metaphor"; the "inverted fairy tale"; the "parable of human irrationality" and it has been said that Kafka's literary uniqueness lies in the fact that he dramatizes conventional figures of speech and endows them with full and consistent detail; his tales act out the implications of metaphors buried in the German idiom (Sokel, 1956). The primary metaphor that illustrated would be that of...
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