The Metamorphosis is a Novella about a man, Gregor Samsa, who wakes up one morning and realized that he has been transformed from a human being to an oversized bug. Gregor is confused and unsure of what had happened to him but he decided to deal with it and learn how to live with his new body. Throughout the whole book Gregor tried to continue to have relationship with his family but after a few weeks he only became burden on them and not being able to have that relationship with them weighted heavily on him. Even though they seemed disgusted by him, the only thing he thought of was working again so that he could take care of his family; the same family that wanted nothing to do with him. Based on how his family carried on without him, basically
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All these things ended up in Gregor 's room and so did the ash bucket and the garbage can from the kitchen. Anything that wasn’t being used at the moment was simply tossed into Gregor 's room by the cleaning lady (Kafka 341).” Gregor was shut off and tossed to the side. Not only was he shut off from the world but he was shut off from his family, the family that he worked his life to support and here they were dismissing him like a random stranger. Gregor was forced to be alone and isolated; so naturally there was a sense of sadness and longing where he was concerned. In Conclusion, “Gregor Samsa = Vermin” is about so much more that his physical appearance because though Gregor had accepted his insect body, the world and mainly his family had not. They turned their backs on him as soon as life got rough.
“Dear Parents”, said his sister, pounding the table with her hand by way of preamble, “we can’t go on like this. Maybe you don’t realize it, but I do. I refuse to utter my brother’s name in the presence of this monster, and so all I have to say is: we’ve got to try to get rid of it. We 've done everything humanly possible to take care of it and to put up with it; I don’t think anyone can blame us in the least (Kafka
All these things ended up in Gregor 's room and so did the ash bucket and the garbage can from the kitchen. Anything that wasn’t being used at the moment was simply tossed into Gregor 's room by the cleaning lady (Kafka 341).” Gregor was shut off and tossed to the side. Not only was he shut off from the world but he was shut off from his family, the family that he worked his life to support and here they were dismissing him like a random stranger. Gregor was forced to be alone and isolated; so naturally there was a sense of sadness and longing where he was concerned. In Conclusion, “Gregor Samsa = Vermin” is about so much more that his physical appearance because though Gregor had accepted his insect body, the world and mainly his family had not. They turned their backs on him as soon as life got rough.
“Dear Parents”, said his sister, pounding the table with her hand by way of preamble, “we can’t go on like this. Maybe you don’t realize it, but I do. I refuse to utter my brother’s name in the presence of this monster, and so all I have to say is: we’ve got to try to get rid of it. We 've done everything humanly possible to take care of it and to put up with it; I don’t think anyone can blame us in the least (Kafka