According to Arp and Johnson, “Literary fiction immerses us, through the author's imaginative vision and artistry, more deeply into the real world, allowing us to understand the difficulties of life and to empathize with others." In the story The Metamorphosis, Kafka uses his brilliant imaginative vision and artistic ability, making us understand and feel empathy towards his main character, Gregor. Kafka uses a huge amount of symbolism and metaphors to make us feel the atmosphere of the story and the difficulties of life in general. In the story, Gregor wakes up on a rainy day to go to work and when he tries to get up he realizes that he has been transformed in a bug.Although the story is not about the real world aspects and social opinions, you can get a glimpse of the true colors of the people and the real world by reading this story by the way Kafka uses such an imaginative way for us to try empathy towards Gregor, who would have thought that one could feel empathy towards a cockroach? But you do, from the moment you start the story until the end, you empathize with this bug. From the beginning of The Metamorphosis, Gregor is portrayed as a pathetic main character. He works so hard for his family, paying for everything in a job he hates and receives absolutely nothing in return, not even a thank you. He always puts everyone before himself and wants the best for his family and wants their love and encouragement. Even after turning into a cockroach, Gregor still thinks about how to get to work and pay the bills. When his family sees him as a cockroach and throws him into his room alone, in the darkness he can't live with the pain of no longer seeing him as family. He realizes their true colors and... the middle of the paper... the depth of Magda's saliva; and Rosa drank Magda's shawl until it was dry” (699). Only a good story can keep you on the edge of your seat wondering what will happen next. Literature is a great way to feel empathy and both of these stories portray it very well. Arp and Johnson are right: "Literary fiction immerses us, through the author's imaginative vision and artistry, more deeply into the real world, allowing us to understand life's difficulties and empathize with others." Having the ability to understand and share another's feelings through words on a paper is powerful. You see the truth through the eyes of many authors and you create the scenario in your mind just by wanting to understand every aspect of what is happening and what will happen and. after you come out in the strangest way with this new insight into things after just reading something so small.