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  • Essay / The Metamorphosis of Franz Kafka - 599

    In The Metamorphosis of Franz Kafka, Gregor Samsa is depicted as an ordinary person. Someone who hates their job but recognizes that their job is necessary because it supports their family. Before Gregor turned into a dung beetle, it seemed like his family took care of him. Due to the main characters' transformation into a bug, everyone in his family begins to dislike him. The Metamorphosis focuses on change, how a character's change over the course of the story affects the main character Gregor Samsa. During Gregor's transformation, his family becomes worried. “Gregor? Are you not well? Do you need anything? »(13). Not knowing what is happening, the whole family worries about Gregor. They felt something was wrong with Gregor. At one point, even his sister came to his door and said, “Gregor, open up, I beg you”(13). She begs Gregor to open the door but he refuses. Right after his transformation was revealed, his parents became afraid of this "thing" that Gregor had become. Later in the book, we get the impression that Gregor's father and mother eventually lose contact with him. Grete, the only character in the book, that I...