Alienation: Causes And Consequences Of Gregor's Alienation

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Despite Gregor’s noble attempts at meeting his family’s expectations, The Alienation he endured at their hands led to his demise. Dehumanization can decay even the most perseverant souls.
Perseverance & attempts to conform A.) Works to pay father’s debts B.) Wants to work after transformation
2. Alienation A.) From family B.) From Boss C.) From sister D.) From society
3. Dehumanization A.) Having to feed on trash B.) Odors from his room C.) Mounds of festering filth in his bedroom
4. His ultimate breakdown A.) Families rejection B.) The pain he endured from gash from father
5. Conclusion / Merciful death A.) Family resumes normal social functions like work & bus ride into town B.) Acts as if nothing has happened C.)
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This sever alienation is not something common he could share with anyone because not only was he alienated by him being sectioned off in his room he was literally separate from anyone human being that he was an insect and the fact he lose he ability to speak human words for proper communication of his feelings, thoughts, or needs. no longer could he even share the grief, joy, pain, confusion and emotional disappear he felt from his horrific and unique circumstance with his friends or beloved sister and mother. No longer able to indulge in life simple pleasures such as a walk in the park with friend or loved ones, the ability to enjoy a special girls company on a date, the soft embrace of a mothers hug, or the satisfaction of coming home after a honest, hard days work. None of these wonderful life moments that are often taken for granted by the masses can be enjoyed anymore now that Gregor has taken on this monstrous bug state. It has been scientifically proven that the human brain needs and craves heathy and consistent human interaction of some level of magnitude or one will disconnect from healthy interaction patterns. It can viewed that Gregors bug metamorphosis and the alienation he has felt from it can be correlated to his alienation he was already feeling in …show more content…
Dehumanization or the act of one being deprived of human qualities , personality, or spirit. Gregor being fed trash and filth, the fowl odors coming from his bed room, the festering, unattended open gash on his back from his dads violent apple hit, and heaps of trash accumulating next to him the thick layer of dirt film that now covered his hard shell are all aspects of the tremendous dehumanization Gregor endured after the transformation into an insect. Gregor’s sister Grete attempts at desperately holding on to the idea of her fading beloved brothers humanity by still feeding him fresh foods from his past life such as milk and loafs of bread. After this these acts fade due to Gregor’s new found taste of rotten and spoiled food the state of his dehumanization worsens by his family accepting borders in the additional rooms of the house in response of their sever financial burden they are now faced with because of Gregor’s inability to work and contribute to bills as he once did as a human. This form of devaluing him as a healthy contributor of the house hold and society drivers him into a dark depth of self doubt and lack of self worth. His father even goes as far to use Gregor as an outlet for his frustration and bludgeons him with a barrage of apples that eventually inflict a horrific wound. This bazaar

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