This was my favorite book I read for my World Lit II class. Gregor Samsa and the story his abrupt change stirred me in ways I wasn't expecting. At the end of the semester, my professor asked the class to write a short essay about whatever piece we liked best. This is the work I chose, and I ended up writing the most personal essay I've ever handed in on a college level. I'm not going to share that here on the big bad internet, but I just want to say that this little story had a huge impact on me. I'm now a Kafka fan for life.