Metamorphosis: Tone

I chose Tone as the most prominent literary element of Metamorphosis. This stood out as the most prominent to me because throughout the book, there wasn't an area that didn't have tone.
But to tell the truth, I chose Tone through the process of elimination. Perhaps motif might have worked as a more dominant literary feature, however, I didn't see how I could use it, considering I still don't know what it means.

Still, the tone did reflect on the events, and helped enhance the story. Tone was probably chosen by Kafka to convey the idea of being transformed into a cockroach as a horrid life; it gives a looming feeling of melancholy, gloom, and pessimistic attitude. Throughout the story, the tone changes in different forms of negative feelings and heads toward the climax of the story where it is tied in subtly.