I think Gregor's family continues with their life. The family wants to move on from the memories that surround the death of Gregor. An example of some of their memories is their jobs and their apartment. They don't want to stay trapped in the past so they continue with life in a new city. At the end of the novella, the reader sees the Samsa family on a train to a new city to continue their life somewhere else, away from all the negative memories about Gregor. I think after Gregor's family moves away from their town, they start to focus on Grete's life, maybe the reason being because Mr. and Mrs. Samsa realizes the lack of positive attention they gave Gregor and don't want the same situation to occur for Grete. On the train to their new town, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa take the time to …show more content…
The Samsa family feel relief in a sense to Gregor's death, "Sitting back comfortably in their seats, they discussed their future prospects." Lately, with all the attention towards Gregor, now is the time when Mr. and Mrs. Samsa takes in the full beautify of their daughter, Grete. Grete can finally relax now that Gregor has died. Gregor's transformation to a bug has not been easy on Grete. Grete is extremely compassionate and understanding but throughout the book, as Gregor's transformation continues, Grete's compassion turns into resentment. On top of Gregor turning into a bug, Mr. Samsa has to deal with the stress of work, and eventually cause him to be emotionally unstable. Gregor's father, along with the other family members slowly grow hostile towards Gregor. Mrs. Samsa is in a conflict between loving Gregor in his new transformation or treating her son as an outcast. Grete and Mr. Samsa try to shield the mother from the true state of their son. "But his mother was not used to the sight of Gregor, it might have made her
Gregor’s father demotes societal views of himself by his actions. Gregor’s father depends on Gregor for the income for the family. When Gregor morphs into a bug, Mr. Samsa reluctantly becomes the sole provider for his family. Getting a ...
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is the story of Gregor Samsa, his turning into a bug, and his ultimate death. In the beginning of the novel Gregor wakes up as a bug and struggles to become used to his new body. Gregor is locked in his room and late for work; he is the only one who works in his family, so it is important that he shows up and earns money to pay off his parents debts. His office manager shows up wondering where he has been and everyone is shocked to see Gregor’s transformation when he finally makes his way out of his room. Upon seeing him, his father shoves him forcefully back into the room, scraping Gregor’s back. Grete, Gregor’s sister, is his primary caretaker throughout the book and she makes certain he is receiving the food he wants and is the only one to clean his room for him. Gregor’s mother and father do not pay much attention to him at all throughout the book. The mother occasionally checks on him, but can barely stand the sight of him. Eventually, Grete starts working and stops taking care of him too, leaving Gregor all by himself. Betrayal is evident in The Metamorphosis and contributes to
After Gregor is transformed his mother cannot look at him and his father turns violent towards him. They don’t assume any responsibility for their son and leave the burden of caring for Gregor to their daughter Grete, who they show love and affection for. After Gregor dies, the family is happy that Grete will have a great future, a future just like Gregor had. It can be seen that she is replacing Gregor for her parents, because she is young and responsible, just like Gregor once was. It is hard to imagine the Samsa’s ever caring for Gregor, since they abandoned him in his time of
Gregor Samsa’s mother, whose name is never revealed, is a physically and constitutionally weak woman. She cares dearly for Gregor which is first shown by her distress as Gregor does not wake up at his usual time. It is evident that Gregor’s mother has the hardest time coping with his transformation. She can not bear to lay eyes upon Gregor. Though she has trouble adjusting, she doesn’t stop loving her only son. As Gregor’s mother and sister begin to move furniture out of his room, his mother stops to contemplate whether this is the right course of action. As Sheldon Goldfarb states in his critical essay, “When his mother and sister start removing his furniture, his mother's second thoughts provoke him to resist: he does not want to give up his human past and the possibility of returning to it” (Goldfarb). On the outside, Gregor’s mother reacts with repulsion at the sight of the bug, but on the inside still cares deeply about her son underneath. Gregor is able to see this and it gives him new hope.
into three Roman-numbered parts, with each section having its own climax. A number of themes run through the story, but at the center are the family relationships affected by the great change in the story's protagonist, Gregor Samsa. Grete,Gregor’s sister, undergoes a transformation parallel to her brother’s.
His sister, who took a job as a salesgirl to help the family. also learns French in the evening so she might get a better position in the future of the world. Mr. Samsa, Gregor's father, takes a job as a messenger for banking institutions and the public. Turning into a bug, Gregor causes a lack of harmony. among the family members.
In Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis, Gregor Samsa's sudden transformation into a cockroach is appalling to all that encounter him, but none attempt to cure him of his affliction. The acceptance of his condition by Gregor and those around him highlights the underlying existentialist and absurdist perspective within the characters' attempt to come to terms with this circumstance. In the face of this dramatically absurd metamorphosis, Gregor does not blame a higher power, nor himself. As time wears on, he not only refrains from questioning his transformation but, at times lavishes in it and embraces it. His adjustment, and the adjustment of his family members, is not one of questioning his new life, but rather attempting to accept it for exactly what it is. In this way, Gregor and his family, particularly his father and sister, epitomize rationalization and freedom of choice in the face of absurdity.
The parents of Gregor ultimately failed to care for him in a time where he needed the emotional support. They also neglected Grete as well and handicapped her true potential as a musician. The biggest betrayal of all; however, took place after Grete quit believing in Gregor and left him to die. While Gregor changing into a bug did put new stress on the family, it was the betrayal of each other that lead to their demise. In conclusion the Samsa family proved to be unloyal amongst each other, and Gregor happened to lose his life because of
Gregor is the focal point of the family, he provided for them when they needed the money. Gregor also brought the family into turmoil with his change. Just as Gregor brought them into turmoil he brought on growth for the family. His death gave his family a new life. Before Gregor’s metamorphosis, his family was a helpless and selfish. There was little meaningful interaction among them. Once Gregor had become a creature the family had to become resourceful, they learned valuable skills. Gregor gave his family something that could bond them together, they discussed what to do about Gregor almost every night. Gregor’s tragedy brought his family together. Gregor served as a “savior” for his family, he played the same role that Jesus did for the world. Gregor’s life was taken so that the rest of his family may achieve salvation. His family had changed from a selfish and lazy group of people to a loving and caring family. As Gregor grew closer toward death, his family grew closer to
Grete again furthers her argument on why Gregor needs to disappear. She believes that if the bug were actually Gregor, he would have realized that a creature is unfit to live among humans. She believes that if it were actually Gregor, he would have gone away on his own free will. I believe that her logic is wrong. Bugs are not able to think, so how does she expect the bug to think like Gregor? She knows the Vermin is Gregor, but she is denying it as in a way to disregard him. She believes that if the vermin disappears, then she would no longer have a brother, but would have his memories to honor. She is tired of how the bug persecutes them, and drives the boarders away. She thinks that the bug/Gregor wants them to live in a gutter, while he
n the The Metamorphosis, Gregors Samsa’s younger sister Grete Samsa, is a young women on the verge of becoming and adult. Grete originally shows a lot of concern for Gregor after he transforms into a vermin, but her concern diminishes and turns into a heavy resentment toward Gregor once his transformation starts to have negative effects on the families life and her life. Aside from Gregor, Grete is the only other character in the novella that is mentioned by her own name, which dignifies her importance in the narrative. For example when grete states to her parents “He must go,” cried Gregor’s sister, “that’s the only solution, Father. You must just try to get rid of the idea that this is Gregor. The fact that we’ve believed it for so long
Family’s ignorance has also quickened the process. In exposition of The Metamorphosis, Gregor is presented as a relatively successful citizen. He and his family live in their own house, although Gregor is the only one working, they still have a maid to work for them. Nonetheless in the end, Gregor dies alienated and involuntarily. As “his head involuntarily sank down altogether” (Kafka 49), his destruction as a human is determined. Kafka reveals to readers the process of Gregor’s self-destruction throughout the story. Some would argue that the story begins with a climax, which is most biggest sacrifice Gregor made: He is transformed into “an enormous bug” (Kafka 11). As he did not make sacrifices to the family, he is still considered as an individual with all the human attributes as the rising action develops. He is able to think logically; there is a detachment between his bug body and human mind, as “each time he rock[s] back into the supine position” (Kafka 11) when he wants to move. He is also able to see. However as the rising action develops, the family begins to ignore him as Gregor but see him as a monster, he is forced to make sacrifices and compromises to wards the family. His human qualities begin to destruct. He has more connection with the body, and starts to enjoy “hanging up on the ceiling” (Kafka 32) like a bug. He also “no longer derive[s] the slightest pleasure from eating” (Kafka 32) when Grete starts to neglect him. When the story getting closer to the climax, Gregor loses more humanity when he sacrifices his room into a cave where a bug lives. His last confrontation with the family is when he comes out to save his sister from the lodgers. He has almost no humanity at the time; to others Gregor is only a giant bug. Grete eventually declares that “[they] have to get rid of it” (Kafka 47). The declaration can be
...in. For the past five years, he provided for his family, and when he needed them, they did not care. After his metamorphosis, they all got jobs, something Gregor thought they were incapable of. After his death, they moved out of the flat, which was too expensive for them, leaving all of their memories, starting anew without him.
She does her best to help keep him fed and clean, but it becomes pointless in her mind. Gregor is dead and all that is left is this thing that holds no resemblance to him physically or otherwise. ““It has to go,” Gregor’s sister cried out, “that’s the only way, Father. You just have to try to let go of the notion that this thing is Gregor”” (Kafka 429). Looking at this particular part of the story with the theory that Gregor has not literally turned into a bug, but has been beaten down by his own depression and psychosis, it is easier to sympathize with what Grete is saying. Gregor is far too lost in his own mind. He, for all intents and purposes, is dead. The person he once was no longer exists and what is left is the shell of the man she knew him to
Franz Kafka wrote the short story Metamorphosis in 1912. No one can truly know what he aimed to accomplish with the story, but it is thought he wrote it to demonstrate the absurdity of life. The story is written with a very simplistic undertone, ignoring how completely ludicrous the situation that Gregor Samsa and his family are in. Metamorphosis is most often thought of in the scientific meaning of the word, which according to dictionary.com is a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism. It is also defined as a complete change of form, structure, or substance, as transformation by magic or witchcraft or any complete change in appearance, character, circumstances, etc. This word is generally reserved for describing how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly, a good analogy for the process of metamorphosis. It brings to mind a pleasant event, very unlike what Gregor and his family experience. We as readers only get to see things through Gregor’s eyes. Does this skew our understanding of the story, and how do Gregor and Grete’s metamorphoses differ, and how are they alike?