How might the issues Gregor faces as an insect reflect Franz Kafka’s upbringing in Prague as part of the Jewish minority in a divided culture of Czechs and Germans?

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Kafka knew both Czech and German but mainly spoke German. He lived in a time when Prague was dominated by a German-speaking populace, while the Czechs made up the working class. Since most of the power in Prague rested with German speakers, the Jews tended to identify with them. However, the German-speaking population didn’t consider the Jews to be a part of their group. Neither did the Czech speakers, who believed that the Jewish community was allied with the German speakers. Being a marginal member of an already marginalized community no doubt compounded the feelings of isolation and persecution Kafka seemed to feel as an individual. This sense of isolation may have also been magnified because he wasn’t a religious Jew. Those feelings, in turn, shaped his depiction of Gregor. The protagonist’s mysterious transformation into a bug dramatizes the feeling of living on the edge of various communities and not fully belonging to any of them.

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The metamorphosis tells the story of Gregor that one day he wakes up transformed into a giant insect. This transformation causes some problems for Gregor, such as not being able to go out to work, not being able to use objects common to all human beings and being seen as something disgusting and disgusting by people around you.

Gregor's problems may indicate a connection to Kafka's education (writer of The Metamorphosis). That's because Kafka was Jewish in a society formed primarily by Czechs and Germans, where anti-Semitism was strong and provided Kafka with many privations. Like Gregor, Kafka was seen as something disgusting, disgusting, filthy and deprived of jobs, relationships and objects just because he was Jewish.

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