Metamorphosis franz kafka biography and works of jose rizal

From an early age, Kafka suffered a difficult relationship with his callous and ruthless father, Hermann Kafka, who some critics believe provided the prototype for his brutal, unfeeling character, Mr. Samsa, in The Metamorphosis. Hermann Kafka himself grew up the son of a village Jewish ritual butcher and despite his lack of formal education utilized his highly ambitious personality to become a successful wholesale.

Franz Kafka had a difficult relationship with his father.

His marriage to Kafka's mother Julie Lowy, the daughter of a brewery owner, helped him in his business endeavors. Franz Kafka had three sisters. Kafka attended the German National and Civic Elementary School and realized from a young age that he wanted to become a professional writer. However, he also knew how difficult it would be to make a living as a writer and besides that, his father would never permit it.

So Kafka entered law school at the German University in Prague where he went on to receive a doctoral degree. In this capacity he met many of Prague's writers who wrote in German. One writer named Max Brod, in particular, became a close friend. Readers of Kafka today are indebted to Brod for preserving Kafka's written work after his death.

After law school Kafka began working for the Workmen's Accident Insurance Institute for the Kingdom of Bohemia and remained working there until his health gave out in , two years before his death from tuberculosis in , when he was only forty-one years old.

This document provides context and background information about Franz Kafka's novella "Metamorphosis" and Kafka's life and works.

However, Kafka did see his masterpiece novella The Metamorphosis published in to high praise, but low sales. The story remains a cornerstone in the foundation of modern literature. Kafka looked upon writing as a sacred act which freed him from his dark nightmares.