The Metamorphosis

<p>As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning fromrestless dreams he found himself recast in hisbed into a gigantic insect.</p><p><br></p><p>He was laying on his hard as it werearmour-plated back and when he raised hishead a little he could see his domelike browntummy separated into stiff arched parts on topof which the bed quilt could barely keep in placeand was about to slide off entirely.</p><p><br></p><p>His numerous legs which were pitifully delicatecorresponded to the remainder of his bulkwaved helplessly before his eyes.With its stunning eccentric yet surprisinglyfunny first opening Kafka begins hischef-d'oeuvre The Metamorphosis.It is the story of a youthful man who changedovernight into a giant beetle-like insect evolvesan entity of disrepute to his family a stranger inhis own home a quintessentially alienated man.</p>