In the stories, "The Metamorphosis", "Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk", and "A Hunger Artist", author Franz Kafka makes the disturbing social criticism that the more generous or artistic one is, the worse they are treated by society. Gregor Samsa, Jospehine, and the Hunger Artist are either persons or an artist who was mistreated and taken advantage of by the public or by his or her peers. In "The Metamorphosis", Gregor Samsa seems to …showed first 75 words of 947 total…

…showed last 75 words of 947 total…appreciate him for what he does, they treat him poorly and wait for a new attraction to come along. In Franz Kafka's stories, "The Metamorphosis", "Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk", and "A Hunger Artist", he makes the upsetting social criticism that the more generous or artistic one is, the poorer they are treated by society. Gregor Samsa, Jospehine, and the Hunger Artist were all people mistreated by society and were taken for granted.