The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka

The Most Absurd

I am Gregor Samsa , and the most absurd thing happened to me . I am also sure that you 've experienced absurd things in your life as well , but I cannot imagine anyone experiencing anything more absurd . I am a traveling salesman . I have a father , a mother and a sister . My father is very strict , and seemed always angry . I think he 's very disappointed with me . My mother is very kind , but also very scared of my father . My sister is my best friend , who I love dearly . I

have been working hard for her violin lessons because I would do everything for her . Sadly , at her tender age , and in this prejudiced society , my sister will have to follow the s of our parents , and not linger around me

As you are now reading this absurd account , I think I can safely assume that you know my story by now . However , for the benefit of those who happened to pass by , and was intrigued by the absurdity of the page , I will tell you what happened . One day , I turned into a huge cockroach

The reason I have created this account as I am currently locked in my room , is to share with the world the possibility of this phenomenon . I am not sure of the cause , nor do I have any idea if returning to my original form is even conceivable . Punching keys in the computer is definitely not easy for these hairy feet , a pointy tip for each . I don 't know if you could imagine me typing this after saying that , or how disgusted you are , like my family

But there is another reason for the existence of this account , and that , like any of you , is to share my thoughts about certain things . To begin , I have only realized how my life was so routine , even if I had goals in mind . It is as if doing things on schedule , day in day out will help me accomplish the things I want to do . Perhaps I have , along the way , but achieving these things never gave me the satisfaction I expected . In my routine life , I didn 't even notice that I have achieved any

Yes , a routine life is a very dull life and poorly satisfactory . That much I could tell you . I could have made more money if I was more attentive . My family could have understood me more . I could have been a happier person with lovers in either side , with my hands on their shoulders . I wouldn 't be in this room , locked from the outside world Life , as well call it , passed by as if I was merely a by-stander at the scene of the crime . No one would have recognized my absence . Most probably , I wouldn 't be in an estranged relationship with them either

The moment I realized that I really am this filthy looking creature that crept from the shadows and corners of...