Transition Of Gregor's Metamorphosis By Kafka

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Easing into the transition of their son morphing into a beetle, the Samsa family never questioned the metamorphosis of Gregor, and they swiftly transitioned into treating and tending to him like a bug. This relatively easy transition period suggests that perhaps Gregor’s family already treated him as a pest. There are instances in the text where “comparisons between Gregor as an insect and Gregor as a human being are stated or implied” (Luke 235). For example, before the transition is known, Gregor’s mother expresses bothered feelings to Gregor’s higher up about how Gregor “never goes out in the evening,” but rather spends “every last evening at home” (Kafka 34). If one’s child travels for a living and is rarely home, would not the individual
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