Change is universal and non-stop. We experience it daily, but probably not as much as Gregor Samsa did one morning. In the short story The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, many changes occur, both physically and mentally. Sure, Gregor goes from a human to an insect, but there's a lot more change than that. Gregor's family, consisting of Gregor, his father, his mother, and his sister Grete, are going through a change as a whole and as individuals. Following Gregor's physical metamorphosis, his sister and father both undergo physical and mental metamorphoses. Gregor's sister, Grete, undergoes a metamorphosis because of the "loss" of her brother. We see her change her attitude towards her brother and we also see her adjust her role in society and in her family. We see an immediate change in his opinion of his brother, which becomes stronger and stronger throughout the story. She begins to no longer consider her brother as her brother. It starts when she gets angry because Gregor comes out from under the couch. If she still considered him her brother, she would be willing to see him. She started treating him like just a pet, but not even like that. She started treating him like something she needs to take care of but no longer likes. In fact, she doesn't even want him there. At the end of the story, Grete officially no longer considers him a living being. She expresses this to her father, who begins to have difficulty dealing with Gregor's situation. “It has to go,” cries the sister, “it’s the only way, Father” (Kafka 53). She tells him that the virus is not Gregor, that Gregor is dead. We also see Grete change roles. Now that Gregor is no longer responsible for the family's finances, the other three f...... middle of paper ......e behavior of the boarders and housekeepers around Gregor. He tells them to leave immediately, which astonishes them. This symbolizes a transformation in the dad. He is more accepting of people – and insects – who are different. The metamorphosis that the father goes through because of Gregor's own changes is great, both mentally and physically. In conclusion, the changes we go through as individuals often require others to change roles and personalities to accommodate our changes. For example, if there is a family in which only the father works and he is laid off, the mother may need to find a small job until the father can return to a large company. In Samsa's case, the son, who was the family's main source of money, was made aware of a bug. This changed the roles of the father and sister in the family, as well as their personalities and attitudes towards Gregor and society...