Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosi

In Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, Gregor Samsa was a hard working salesman whose world was turned upside-down when he woke up one morning as a bug. His once loving family started to resent him and strangers would run away at the sight of him. Life became even harder for Gregor, because while he could understand what other people said, he was unable to speak back. All he could do was watch everything change right in front of his eyes. The Metamorphosis started with Gregor waking up from a dream and realizing that he wasn’t human anymore. Overnight, he had changed into a large bug. At first, he could not operate in his new body and couldn’t get out of bed. When his family went to check why Gregor was so late getting up, his father, mother, sister and boss were shocked to see a beetle-like insect in Gregor’s place. His parent’s resented him, but his sister acted more reasonably and helped take care of her brother. Because Gregor had always supported his family in the past, all three of his family members were forced to find jobs after his metamorphosis. Since his family was home less, Gregor hardly got any attention. The only ti

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