The trial and the metamorphosis7/7/2023 Gregor, a man obsessed with work and money, wakes up to find himself in circumstances that destroy the life he has so carefully built up. K, a successful and controlling man, is suddenly thrust into circumstances he cannot influence. Both characters find themselves addressing foreign circumstances that threaten their respective positions within society. I found it funny, though, that The Trial was actually the more fantastical of the two stories, with K’s numerous adventures being consistently stranger than the majority of the events in The Metamorphosis. One might immediately assume that based on the subject matter of the two stories, The Metamorphosis is far more surreal than The Trial. However, now that I have read a few of Kafka’s other stories, it seems like a good time to compare The Trial to some of Kafka’s other works, in particular, The Metamorphosis. The Trial was my first Kafka novel, and as such, I had little to compare it to.
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