People can kill you

 The story, “The Metamorphosis,” by Franz Kafka has many implications in regards to what success means and how it can or can not be achieved. In the story, it is shown that Gregor is capable of living when his sister takes care of him however without her help and the rejection of his family or others he dies. In the story, when Gregor's sister is talking to her father she states “If it were Gregor it would have realized a long time ago it just isn't possible for human beings to live beside such a creature,” (218). I believe this shows that you can not be successful on your own. This is also emphasized as even before his transformation I do not believe he is successful as he is a very stressed person. In my life, I have come to understand that you know who you really are when everything is stripped away from you. I grew up playing soccer and it was everything I did and it was my personality. However when I received a long-term injury before my senior season coaches stopped responding and I was isolated at home. Everything felt taken away from me and that's when I realized that materialistic things shouldn't be the measure of success. Success is being content with yourself, who you are, and your positive impact on others. This story reassures my belief because that quote also shows that negative impacts do not correlate to success. Due to the negative impacts of her rejection, she played a role in Gregor’s worsened state. Overall this story implies that the negative impacts of others especially someone close to you like a sister can lead to the detriment of someone and that if you do not become happy with yourself you will let others kill you.