Family In Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis

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Despite the fact of the lack of cooperation in the Samsa’s family in the novella The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, After his metamorphosis, his family goes through an even

bigger metamorphosis than Gregor, himself. Therefore, the real metamorphosis

occurs to the family rather than Gregor.

The person who had the greatest effect was Grete. Grete was the only person that Gregor cared about the most, she fed him, and took care of him when he needed her. “However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with some surprise. She immediately picked it up…” “she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out on an old newspaper. There were old, half- rotten vegetables;

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