He was working in a sales company to support his family, which consisted of a father, mother, and sister. He worked to pay off his father’s debts that had burdened him. He is the “good son” as long as he performs his duty to the fullest extent, and any change in this is accompanied by anger, rejection, and neglect. In his workplace, which he found himself forced to live with, the state of domination and control by the chief of staff on the one hand is clearly evident, while on the other hand, it is matched by a state of subservience and submission on his part.
In fact, he has an unconscious desire to be fired from his job, but he fears for his family. From here arises a state of schizophrenia, as the two models of the cruel father and the boss represent the controlling authoritarian principle, and this is what arouses in him both submission and the spirit of rebellion.
He tried to follow the rules, to be a polite boy, to be rational as his boss described him at work... and between all these honest attempts, we find him completely losing himself, and he began to experience a surprising existential crisis!
Here he wakes up from his nightmares one day to find himself transformed into a disgusting “insect”!!
At first glance, he thought he was still dreaming, and amid the chaos and unreasonableness of the events, he needed conclusive evidence to confirm to him the veracity of the event, and this is what he got when he found his family shocked and terrified by the horror of the event. Then he realized the reality of the event and exclaimed, saying: “No, it is not a dream.” .
A land surveyor sent by an unknown person for some unknown purpose to the castle. The castle itself is an unknown place. It is not clear what he is supposed to accomplish there.
The novel follows his repeated attempts to accomplish his work. However, he cannot move beyond the ghostly surroundings of the castle.
He is never allowed to enter the castle. He also cannot return to his home. He is left alone as he faces the dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, in his never-ending struggle as he moves from one maze to another.
In its content, the novel deals with the story of a person who begins to wake up one day to find two men at the door telling him that he is wanted for trial, but they do not explain what case they are accusing him of. For any crime, he is interrogated, and as events develop and change, he fails to find out his crime. He and his lawyer begin to defend himself in various ways. But the difficulty they face is not knowing what his crime was
