Gregor Samsa In Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis

Gregor Samsa's metamorphosis occurs one morning when he wakes up from unsettling dreams and finds himself changed into a monstrous vermin.  This change makes Gregor dependent on his family members and reverses his previous situation in which his family was dependent on him.  As a bug, Gregor is useless to his family and can no longer perform simple human tasks, let alone support his father, mother, and sister.

He assesses the injuries left on his numerous legs and discovers that somebody had left milk and little pieces of white bread. Gregor discovered how hard it is to eat with his injury and that the milk, his favorite drink, make him feel disgusted and crawls away. Gregor can’t continue to work and provide for the financially anymore which makes the family discuss on how they should continue on. Time starts to pass by and Gregor finds himself getting used to his body and feeling more comfortable and begins climbing the walls as a new pastime. Grete discovers this and get rid of some furniture around to give him more space. Gregor had to reassure himself that nothing was changing and that they only moved a few pieces of furniture around. Gregor crawls up to the picture of the lady in fur to comfort his hot belly. Grete and his mother come into the room and Grete sees him, but keeps her composure. His mother then turns and sees Gregor on the wall which makes her scream with fright. Gregor runs into the next room with Grete and she gathers as many bottles as she can and leaves and closes the door shut. Gregor starts to see how his family’s situation has changed since he can not provide for them anymore and start to begin living in a sort of poverty. Gregor starts to lose sleep because of his family’s situation and thinks of how his regular routines back then along with memories of his job.

Mr. Samsa is the man that Gregor never could become. As Gregor completes his metamorphosis from human to bug, his

Gregor Samsa, unlike other protagonists, was no hero. He embodied and highlighted the characteristics of ordinary creatures. In order to conform to the expectations of his family, he had sacrificed his identity. He had made his job the absolute center of his universe; his concern with it changed him to an insect and made him oblivious to this fundamental transformation. His Metamorphosis made him ineffectual and eventually led to his demise. He passed away without a legacy.

Worried about their son, his entire family urges next to the door and demands Gregor to unlock it. At that moment, his manager angrily storms to his house and demands an explanation for his delay. His mother tries to pleads his manager by complimenting Gregor’s devoted and hardworking attitude. She didn’t want her son to lose her occupation as she still perceived him as the successor of the family, and if anything were to happen, it would only disrupt the sustainability of her family. Finally, Gregor opens the door and witnesses the repulsive and scared faces of his family and manager. The horrified office manager backs away, his mother who was "already in tears...yelling" (12-13) passes out, and the father cries. Nevertheless, Gregor “[filled with] assurance and confidence” continued to see himself as his human self, and tries to protect this identity by delivering a long explanation. However, he doesn’t realize that no one saw him as Gregor, and regardless of how strongly he believed in his perception of himself, his family simply saw him as a disgusting creature. Courageously, the father shoves him back into the room and isolates the hideous Gregor into the room.

When Gregor inexplicably becomes an insect his family is primarily worried about how this will affect them, and their financial security. The morning Gregor awakes as a ‘monstrous vermin' is the first day he has missed work in five years; his family's immediate concern is for Gregor's job. His father begins to admonish him before he can even drag himself out of bed. When Gregor hears his sister crying at his door he thinks, "Why was she crying?? Because he was in danger of losing his job and then his boss would dun their parents for his old claims?" This is very significant to their relationship; he considers himself close to his sister, but feels her emotion spent on him is related to money. Gregor has been the sole breadwinner for years; working at a job he abhors only to pay his fathers debts. The family leads an extremely comfortable life of leisure; the father sits at the kitchen table and reads all day, the sister wears the best clothes and amuses herself by playing the violin, and all even take a mid-day nap. Gregor is extremely pleased and proud to provide them with this lifestyle; however, his generosity is met with resentment by his father and indifference by his sister and mother. Once the family grew accustomed to this lifestyle they no longer felt the need to be grateful, "they had grown used to it, they accepted the money, but no particularly warm feelings were generated any longer." At one point Gregor is deeply

His mother screams “out in a high pitched raw voice ‘Oh God, oh God’” (59) and is not able to bare his voice and faints every time she sees him. The only person there for Gregor is his sister, Grete. The loss in communication causes Gregor to become distant with his family. In a way, Gregor is an outsider to his family like Franz Kafka, who was seen as an outsider since he was a Jew living in

His father then stopped working altogether, his sister Grete was too young to work, his mother was ill with asthma; thus young Gregor not only supported the whole family but also found for them the apartment they are now living in” (Nabokov). Despite his condition and dislike for his job as a travel salesman, Gregor still seemed concerned to get to work in order to provide for his family. He never even speculated the cause of his altered physical state. Gradually, Gregor became used to his new role as an insect. Aside from late day inquiries of his family regarding his behavior and regular feeding intervals which allow for minimal interaction, he became largely ignored. After attempting to save his favorite poster of a woman in fur, chaos took place in the household. He was soon considered a burdensome nuisance. He had nothing to contribute to the well-being of his family other than being a pest. Eventually, Gregor 's will to live was crushed by the feelings of self-contempt and worthlessness. All hopes of returning to normality were squashed with every attempt he made to interact. His withdrawal from his family guided him further and further into retreat and isolation. He emotionally dried up within his shell and inside the shadows.

In the story of the Metamorphosis, Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesperson wakes up to find himself transformed into a large insect. He looks around the room, which appeared normal to him and he tries to go back to sleep thinking that it was all a nightmare. Since he cannot turn to his side, he cannot fall asleep. Gregor looks at his new body and found out it was not a nightmare. Gregor now must adjust to his new conditions as he deals with the financial crisis from his family. This might be a very bad way to rise up early in the morning but on Gregor’s point of view there are some positive aspects in his metamorphosis.

     After the metamorphosis, Gregor is no longer able to keep up with the family’s expectations; but rather the family now has a new duty of taking care of their bug son. The family handles Gregor’s state with more isolation when they lock him up in his room, and the only thing he was receiving is food and some minor cleaning from his sister. But after a while, the

The book Metamorphosis starts out with a man named Gregor Samsa awakening from some intense dreams. After waking up Samsa made the discovery that overnight, he had somehow transformed into quite a large bug. Observing his new changes, he noted that he now had not only a lot more legs but a lot thinner legs. Not only were his legs different, but his belly changed as well. He now had a big, round, brown belly. At first Samsa thought that maybe he was dreaming. He soon realized this was not a dream at all. After this realization, Samsa was very confused as to what had happened to him overnight. Looking around his room, Samsa thought that “his room” was not really meant for him anymore because it was created for the living of a human, not

The Metamorphosis is about the life of a travelling salesman: Gregor Samsa who is the leading character of the novel. The book starts with Gregor suddenly and unusually turning into a huge insect when he wakes up. Eventually, Gregor’s parents and sister as well as his office manager become aware of his bizarre transformation. As a result of missing a day at work, Gregor gets fired from his job. As the story progresses, Gregor’s family becomes increasingly frustrated with Gregor’s existence. Gregor never returns back to his former human state and in the end, dies of starvation, much to his family’s relief. Throughout the novel, Gregor is consumed with guilt, causing claustrophobia within his mind, ultimately leading to his death. Hence, this essay focuses on Gregor Samsa’s guilt in The Metamorphosis.

Toward the end of the story it becomes obvious that Gregor’s family in no longer just afraid but angry as well. They become resentful toward the insect that they believe was once their loyal hard working son/brother. His sister begins cleaning his room less and less leaving him to live in filth. It was almost as if she thought Gregor was as worthless as human garbage. Not only did she clean less so no

When he can no longer fund his family and their household, hi family members completely alienate him because they no longer have a use for him. This lack of money leads them to take on jobs. Grete, who initially was compassionate to Gregor, is later enrage because they now have to work so hard and never get a break even when they get

Next, Gregor tries to unlock the door himself. He throws himself against the door and uses his mouth to turn the key. Gregor’s manager hears him unlocking the door and alerts his parents. As Gregor is trying to get past the door, the manager spots him. The manager is immediately horrified and begins to slowly back away. Gregor’s mother falls to the ground. His father shields his eyes as he cries. Gregor tries to keep calm and states that he shall get dressed right away and get going. Gregor keeps going on about how he has to provide for his parents and his sister. Throughout Gregor’s speech the manager slowly backs away, and eventually he turns and begins to run. Gregor doesn’t want his job to be jeopardized since he knows the manager will not give a good report after seeing what state he is in. Gregor realizes that he must detain the manager and get him to calm down. Gregor tries to run after him, but he falls onto his little legs. Unlike, what had occurred earlier that morning, he is able to fully control and maneuver his legs.