The Metamorphosis Reflective Essay

     In the story The Metamorphosis written by Franz Kafka, Gregor, the main character was all about business.Now that he has transferred into a gaint bug really just ruined his reputation with his family. He had no social life. "Hung the picture which he had cut out of an illustrated magazine a little while ago and set in a pretty glit frame. It was a picture of a woman with a fur hat and fur boa"(Kafka 1). Gregor had no friends but a pitcure of a random women that had been cut of of a magazine that he called his friend. The day that Gregor turned into a bug was the first day that he had missed work. He was hopeless because he didn't know what to do with his new self. "He must have tried a thousand times, closing his eyes so that he would not have to see the wriggling legs, and gave up only when he began to feel a light, dull pain in his side which he had never felt before"(Kafka 1). He was stuck in his room. No one not even his family cared about him now that he had turned into a insect and can't pay the bills.

     Gregor's father only cares about Gregor when he is wealthy and can pay the bills for his family. "His father clenched his fist with a hostile expression, as if he wished to push Gregor back into the room, then looked uncertainly around the living room, covered his eyes with his hands, and cried so that his mighty breast shook"(Kafka 6). Gregor's father is very violent towards Gregor because he is disappointed that no one can pay the bills. Gregor had very little freedom when he was working all the time. "But when he finally was successful in getting hi head in front of the door opening, it became clear that his body was too wide to go through any further"(Kafka 9). This shows a lack of freedom that gregor gets. Hes stuck in his room and can't get out. The only person who had enough bravery to help Gregor was his sister Grete. "But also because the milk, which otherwise was his favorite drink and which his sister had certainly placed there for that reason, did not appeal to him at all"(Kafka 9). Grete is the one taking care of Gregor, giving him foos so he doesn't starve, and reorganizing his room is that he is able to move around his room.