The world of literature is completely unique, borders non-existent and ideas unlimited. Anyone who can dream it can write it. Authors like Poe and Hemmingway are perfect examples of authors who can truly push the boundaries of literature, and Franz Kafka is no exception either. Kafka's story "The Metamorphosis" is almost like a bad nightmare; however, his writing is much more than that. He wrote "The Metamorphosis" alongside a story he called "The Judgment" and considered the latter to be better. Kafka didn't even want "The Metamorphoses" to be read, apparently. However, it is one of the most famous writings of the 20th century. Comparable to Hemmingway's "Hills Like White Elephants", Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" has no backstory or knowledge of previous events, we are thrown directly into the problem of the story. As the first line of the story says, “Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams, he found himself in bed, transformed into a gargantuan plague” (Kafka 428). Immediately he noticed its hard back, its brown belly and its many legs. After trying to get out of bed, thinking about his life, and trying to scratch himself with one of his many legs without success, Gregor began to worry about his job. Surprisingly, Gregor worried more about his work than his other problems. Continue to worry about your parents' debt. As he is late for work, which Gregor has never been, his family started to worry about Gregor and they started knocking on his locked bedroom door. » Gregor answered them in a very unusual voice, still trying to crawl out of bed with his disobedient legs. Soon, a lawyer from Gregor's firm showed up, demanding that Gregor come forward immediately or risk losing his job. Gregor managed to unlock the door using his teeth and showed himself to his current company. In shock, the lawyer runs away from the apartment and Gregor's father scares him and takes him back to his room. Wounded, Gregor falls asleep. After this event, he began to live in this room of his apartment and his sister brought him food every day. After spending a lot of time in the room, Gregor began to feel quite comfortable. If Gregor had not been so absorbed in his work, his money, and serving his family, he could have prevented his metamorphosis. Hartman says: "I believe there was one last chance for redemption, that no matter how real the insect was or was not already, the man inside could always have triumphed, burst out and laughed » (Hartman 34). Hartman's view of metamorphosis even agrees somewhat with Sokel's. As with Hartman, Sokel believes that Gregor's metamorphosis is due to his alienation and his family. In the story, the division between Gregor and his family is quite obvious and fits Hartman's way of thinking perfectly. Just as we easily see the family falling apart, Hartman easily sees Gregor slowly transforming more and more into his insect-like pet.