Premium Content Starving for Attention: Food in Kafka's Metamorphosis
By Chad Hayes - December 05, 2003
References to food are a recurring theme in Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis. The food that Gregor eats to strengthen his physical body reflects the attention that he receives from his family to satiate his emotional appetite. As the story progresses, the family grows more distant, and Gregor's eating habits decline until, at the story's end, Gregor…
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