Dehumanization In Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis

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Gregor’s dehumanization began after his father’s business had failed he feels obligated to help. He benevolently takes in his role as the breadwinner of his household to take care of everyone and to also pay off his father’s debt. Although this will cause him to accept a job he finds detestable; Gregor was trapped in his occupation as a traveling sale man with a demanding schedule that consumes his time from socializing and maintaining normal friendships with other. Gregor denied himself everything for the sake of others and live an isolated life; turning into a bug is the completion of the final phase of his transfiguration.
The first stage of Gregor metamorphosis is isolation; he was isolated by everyone his family, his work and even
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