The Stress on Money in The Metamorphosis In The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, the stress of, or the importance of money seems to be one of the major themes. Kafka shows how the person who makes the money is the person who gets the respect. If you aren’t contributing to the income of the family, what good are you? The novella starts off with Gregor being transformed into a bug. As he is lying …showed first 75 words of 739 total…

…showed last 75 words of 739 total…family was willing to do for the roomers, just because they were giving money. Throughout The Metamorphosis, the role respect is shifted several times, based on who brings in the money. Franz used this to show how important money is in our society. The respect was with Gregor first, and then with Grete, and then with the roomers, always shifting based on economic conditions. This is almost directly related to what happens in real life.