Gregor Samsa In The Metamorphosis

Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman, awakes one morning to find out that he has been transformed into a gigantic insect. From his bed, he looks around his room, adjusting physically and mentally to his new body and wondering if he hasn’t been dreaming. But when he tries to turn over onto his right side and can’t, he realizes that it is no dream, that indeed he is an insect, complete with a hard shell for a back, wriggling legs, and feelers.

At last, plagued by guilt, Gregor agrees with his sister that the only solution is for him to disappear. At three o’clock in the morning, he dies. The new cleaning woman discovers his body. She alerts the Samsas, and then she quickly sweeps up Gregor’s corpse. The Samsa family decides to take a ride in the country. They now pin all their hopes for the future on Grete who, despite her ordeal, has grown into a beautiful, prospective bride. …show more content…
The Metamorphosis is much more than a dark, disturbing tale of a man who turns into a gigantic insect. It is a tale of a young man, the breadwinner of his family, who unexpectedly transfers from a human to an insect, the subsequent reactions of his family (repugnance and explicit detestation) and his eventual death which brings a sense of ‘tranquility’ to Gregor’s