Missing Pieces The Metamorphosis, a disturbing, yet humorous short story is in a class of its own. The writings of Franz Kafka have long been a template for modern awareness. Even so, Kafka's writing style can be described as tough, lacking in the delicacy and intellectual development present in a novel such as Slaughterhouse Five. Unlike most other authors, Kafka uses simple, declarative sentences which, though somehow lacking in sophistication, make up for this in …showed first 75 words of 450 total…

…showed last 75 words of 450 total…ending, most readers will be disappointed by the lack of a decent closure to the story. Thus, in opinion, this novel is missing its beginning and end, leaving us with a very detailed, and monotonous mid section, and a very briefly explained explanation of the absent portions. Kafka has, in prospect, left us with a novel with so many holes, that the interpretations of its symbolism can itself have many craters in it as well.