Family is supposed to do anything for you and vice versa. Change is hard for many but, family is supposed to stick like glue. A home should be a safe place. Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” uses symbolism of the metamorphosis of a cockroach to represent natural change, and to show the conditional love Gregor has to live with. When Gregor wakes up to find out that he has transformed into a cockroach, he seems unsurprised like it is just another day. “What has happened to me? he thought. It was no dream” (Kafka,1). That pretty much the only thought he has that seems normal, but after that he starts thing about work. The purpose of the metamorphosis of a cockroach is to represent change. The whole story Gregor is constantly changing and losing his humanity; natural change can also feel this way. Once Gregor wakes up as a cockroach all he can think about is going to a job he hates and providing for his family. “Well, there 's still hope; once I 've saved enough money to pay back my parents ' debts to him—that should take another five or six years—I 'll do it without fail” (Kafka,1). Gregor is willing to do anything for his family. Gregor loves his family unconditionally and the
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Samsa and Grete, Gregor’s sister, still believed that Gregor was somewhere deep in that grotesque brown slimy shell. So they continued to take care of him feeding him, moving things around, and just making him comfortable. Though it was mostly Grete taking care of Gregor, Mrs. Samsa would also worry about him. This is also very similar to Kafka’s family. Franz’s mother was more kind than his father but still did not understand him. As for Grete, Franz had a sister named Ottla that he cared for and vise-versa. Although Grete takes care of Gregor she is still disgusted by his cockroach form, and the more the story goes on the more Grete loses her interest in Gregor. Gregor becomes a chore for Grete and she is constantly being disgusted by
Samsa and Grete, Gregor’s sister, still believed that Gregor was somewhere deep in that grotesque brown slimy shell. So they continued to take care of him feeding him, moving things around, and just making him comfortable. Though it was mostly Grete taking care of Gregor, Mrs. Samsa would also worry about him. This is also very similar to Kafka’s family. Franz’s mother was more kind than his father but still did not understand him. As for Grete, Franz had a sister named Ottla that he cared for and vise-versa. Although Grete takes care of Gregor she is still disgusted by his cockroach form, and the more the story goes on the more Grete loses her interest in Gregor. Gregor becomes a chore for Grete and she is constantly being disgusted by