Metamorphosis: A Review The method in Kafka's Metamorphosis is very direct. From his attention grabbing first sentence until the end of the 58 page story, Kafka bluntly tells the story of Gregor Samsa who "found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin". While most, if not all, critics treat the story as an extended metaphor, the text presents almost no evidence that Gregor's predicament isn't genuine. It can not be that Gregor simply sees himself as this hideous creature, because everyone who sees Gregor throughout the story is horrified by his appearance. The cleaning lady even refers to him as “dung beetle”. Its almost as if Kafka was , by his very directness, trying to el