Relationship Between The Father And The Son

Although Gregor’s mother defends him throughout most of the story, she starts to have her doubts once she sees how difficult Gregor has made life for the rest of the family. Before his transformation into this vermin, Gregor and his mother have a stable relationship. But, after Gregor’s metamorphosis is complete it was not until after “two weeks…[that] his parents could not bring themselves to come into see him,” (Kafka 29). The strength of the mother’s unconditional love for Gregor has diminished over the process of his metamorphosis, so much so, that she is repulsed by Gregor’s presence and is afraid to even be in the same room as him. The mother further rejects the physical state of her son by “pointing to Gregor’s room,” (Kafka 40) and telling Grete to “close that door,” (Kafka 40), therefore leaving Gregor in isolated and in the dark. Gregor’s mother has now caught on to the idea of distancing herself from her deformed son by

Grete has to work closely with her parents in order to overcome the changes throughout the book. In doing this, she and her parents develop a stronger alliance. All three of them try to become acquainted with Gregor in the bug form, especially Grete; instead they all go against him which causes them all to become closer. In the “Clinical Social Work Journal,” Alexandra says “In the end, what appears to be a stable sibling-parent triangle has been established”(Kivowitz 38). Alexandra then

The son however is the ‘faith’ within the story. He is the hope for a better future. The son is more trusting towards others and therefore becomes upset and quiet when his father doesn’t agree with him. “I’m afraid for that little boy” – The son has never seen another young boy and is frightened for him but his father shrugs off his pleas to help him and says “I know but he’ll be alright”. Towards the end of the book it appears that the father and his son become distant to each other due to their diverse personalities. It could however be seen that the son is a lot more knowledgeable about dangers and therefore does not need his father as much.

While the weeks and months passed Grete and his mother and father struggled to give little any compassion or concern for Gregor as their finances plummeted to the ground. Prior to his metamorphosis Gregor was physically alienated from any semblance of a social life due to his job and financial obligation to his family afterward the transformation and he was deemed a burden to his family that he had provided for countless months he was psychologically isolated from them as well. Notably while Gregor had finally been emancipated from his dreaded job as a salesman, he had become a parasitic to his family without being labeled as a provider they slowly began to turn against him only worsening his mental state and exile.

the family representative of Gregor, in a sense, to a mother who does not understand and a father who is hostile and opposing. The father is physically violent toward his metamorphosed Gregor, pushing him through a door in Part I: "...when from behind his father gave him a strong push which was literally a deliverance and he flew far into the room, bleeding freely" (20). Grete appears to concentrate on protecting Gregor from this antagonistic father and an indecisive mother. In Part II, when Grete leads her mother into Gregor's room for the first time, we see the strange way in which Grete has become both the expert and the caretaker of Gregor's affairs (Nabokov 271). She convinces her mother that it is best to remove all of the furniture from his room. Kafka attributes her actions partly to an adolescent zest: "Another factor which might have been also the enthusiastic temperament of an adolescent girl, which seeks to indulge

Father and son relationships are the most important type of relationship. Fathers heavily influence their children especially sons, thus making the relevant. In the book Things Fall Apart there are two father son relationships, Unoka and Okonkwo and Okonkwo and Nwoye. These relationships are not ideal and each father has a different relation with their son. These relationships cause many things such as loathing of one's father, and rebelling. Rebelling for the sons is not a phase, but a lifetime of rebellion. Father son relationships in the book Things Fall Apart are defined by the loathing of one’s father, causing a rebellion leading the sons to be complete opposites of their father.

Throughout the course of the story, Gregor's mother gradually changes, becoming more self-sufficient. In the early stages of the story, Gregor describes his mother as having severe asthma, which "kept her lying on a sofa every other day panting for breath" (97). The mother seems destined to be a bystander, incapable of working or taking action. However, as the story progresses, she desires to see her lost son and develops a more adventurous spirit. She cries, "do let me in to Gregor, he is my unfortunate son" (100). She slowly begins to emerge from her secluded world and

In the beginning of the story, Grete and Gregor are close. An example of this is when Grete brings Gregor the different foods to choose from. She cared enough about him to go through the trouble of bringing him different types of foods to discover what he likes and dislikes. According to The Metamorphosis, “Only the sister remained close to Gregor” (Kafka 26). This phrase indicates that Gregor’s sister is the only family member who still truly appreciates Gregor. Even when the mother, and especially the father, becomes hostile to Gregor, the sister takes care of Gregor and comforts him. Even though Grete’s affection for Gregor slowly diminishes, he still displays great amounts of concern toward her. An example is when she takes on multiple jobs to help make money. Gregor feels guilty for not being able to work, and seeing Grete suffer physically and mentally because of her jobs adds to his guilt. Another example is when Grete performs for the boarders. When she plays, the boarders do not display much admiration or attention toward her, which upsets Gregor. This concern and protectiveness toward Grete demonstrates Gregor’s concern for her as well. As stated by Kafka, “if she did not do so on her own, he would rather starve than bring it to her attention” (23). This statement describes to readers that Gregor would rather die than

In the first place, Grete depends on her brother heavily in the beginning, as the story goes on the roles reverse and Gregor depends on Grete to care for him. “If Gregor had been able to speak to his sister and thank her for everything she had done for him, he would have tolerated her service more easily, (Kafka, 39). This quote shows Gregor is unaccustomed to this role change, he is not use to Grete taking care of him. This is an example of Grete's transformation because before Gregor transformed she wouldn't have cared for him in this manner.

We can come to this understanding by examining the ostensibly “intimate” relationship that Gregor has with his sister, Grete. We are told that prior to his metamorphosis, “with his sister alone had he remained intimate” (95).* The reader would be quick to assume that the usage of the word “intimate” implies our conventional definition, which deals with the close and personal bond that two people can share. Our quote has a layer of duplicity to it because of the fact that it assumes Gregor’s point of view concerning the relationship; therefore, we are going to accept Gregor’s definition of “intimate” rather than the conventional definition. His definition can be clarified when we look at Grete’s reaction to Gregor clinging onto the picture frame: “‘Gregor!’ cried his sister, shaking her fist and glaring at him. This was the first time she had directly addressed him since his metamorphosis” (106). Grete does not strike us as someone who had ever maintained an intimate relationship with Gregor due to her lack of compassion for his dire situation. Rather than assuming a sympathetic tone with a flustered Gregor, she “shak[es] her fist and glar[es] at him.” It seems peculiar for her to act in this manner if they did, in fact, share an “intimate” bond. She makes no attempt to relate to him, but rather, she alienates him even further. Oddly enough, when she calls him by name, we are told that “this was the first time she had

He was the son, the sole breadwinner of the family. Before Gregor’s transformation Grete really had no place in the family. Now since Gregor was unable to help the family Grete became important, needed and most of all appreciated. “He often heard them expressing their appreciation of his sister’s activities, whereas formerly they had frequently scolded her for being a somewhat useless daughter”(99). Now Grete’s parents need her for something. Grete by making herself responsible for Gregor gains a certain power over her parents. This however in not presented to the reader clearly because Gregor is unable to grasp the fact that his sister might have ulterior motives.

Grete was always regarded as too young and immature to be of help before Gregor’s transformation, probably because Gregor had been the main supporter of the family. Due to Gregor’s metamorphosis, however, Grete was given responsibility of things that the rest of the family didn’t want to do, such as giving Gregor food, and also had to work at a job in order to further support the family. Therefore, after Gregor’s death, the parents finally realise the maturity and responsibility that Grete possesses, and thinks about how “their daughter was blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady… they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for her” (page 44). With a fresh new start and a daughter who has lots of potential, it is not unclear that the parents are gaining confidence in their new post-Gregor’s death life. Being recognised by her parents, Grete has also found confidence and as the book has, “was the first to get up and stretch out her young body” when leaving the tram they were on. With all these positive changes being noticed, I think it is beyond argument that there is hope that is lingering around, not only in the novella, but also around the

Along with Gregor’s transformation also came some transformations between his family members. The father who is retired, the mother who is more or less retired, and his younger sister Grete who is a teen that is not in school, and hopes she goes into a career of music one day. Gregor is a young man with a commercial travelers job. Even though he does not particularly like the job, he is working to pay off the debt of his family. When Gregor is transformed it tests the family ties between them. The family starts to despise Gregor all except Gregor’s sister. Grete who was the only one who truly cared for him, at least in the beginning was the only person who enters the room to come by and feed Gregor twice a day. The family is now faced with the problem of the lack of money since Gregor was the only member of the family that worked. Shockingly, the father had saved some money up which the family would be able to live off of for about a year. Also each member of the

It is said that a father and son’s bond is unbreakable, that one’s father is his first hero. Small moments between a father and his son can not only shape their character, but also their relationship. This is also portrayed throughout the novel, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, where the miscommunications and bonds between a father and his son and how this can change one’s character completely. Hosseini uses this novel to further demonstrate that even though a relationship between a father and his son may start off rough, through time and progression, the broken bond between a father and a son may be able to be recovered. This is demonstrated when Baba and Amir are not able to connect and have the father-son bond they need, when this bond is finally gained, and when Baba passes away.

In the beginning of the story, Kafka shows that Grete is a loving and caring little sister. When the family discovers that something is wrong with Gregor, their reactions are mixed. The mother and father seem more concerned with Gregor missing work than with his actual health. Mrs. Samsa keeps asking, “‘Gregor… don’t you want to be on your way?’” (Kafka, 139) in a manner that shows she wants him to go to work even if he is ill. This helps further portray Grete as the loving one of the family as she is constantly asking, “‘Gregor? Are you all right?’” (Kafka, 139). By doing so, Grete shows that she loves Gregor and worries that her brother is okay. The fact that Grete is the only one in the family remotely concerned for Gregor’s well being is somewhat shocking. Furthermore, this situation presents