Is The Metamorphosis inspired by eastern philosophy?
To set things clear, I personally know very little about both literature and Buddhist ideas or eastern philosophy so I might be totally mixed up here, but I've been noticing some links and I was wondering if there is any connection between the two that I missed, because I haven't heard a lot of people talk about it.
Firstly, obviously, the name Gregor Samsa sounds a lot like the the concept of Samsara, present in most eastern religions. From what I know, its the cycle of death and rebirth, emphasizing the mundane of existence. Kind of fits thematically, right? Also the whole thing of morphing into a bug reminds me a bit of Buddhist reincarnation, because in the examples I've generally heard, being reborn as a bug is usually the consequence of living an unfulfilled life, ect.
I don't know, I might be missing something obvious or I might be drawing red string where it's not needed, but let me know:)