Character Analysis Of Metamorphosis

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new and never become intimate friends." (296) He often dreams of the day when he is able to quit and rid himself of this tiring job. Even though he greatly dislikes his job, he continues to work for them because this job pays well and he believes that his family is in debt. Is Gregor's boss really his father' creditor? Perhaps at one time, his boss was but now Gregor is lead to believe so because his father wants him to provide for the whole family.
All of a sudden, Gregor discovers that he had turned into an insect and his world is not the same anymore. Instead of panicking and wondering why such an incident would happen, he thinks about his job. He worries that he doesn't get enough sleep. The "rain drops beating on the window gutter - made him quite melancholy." This shows he cares more about his family instead of himself. All he thinks about is going to work and earning enough money so that he can pay back his father's debt. It is as if Gregor is trapped in a world where he ...

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broken loose from his room, he throws small apples at him to drive him back into room once again. One apple hit Gregor in the back and he is injured severely. There is no communication between father and son because his father does not see Gregor, the beetle, to be his son anymore.
Even though Gregor's mother cared about him the most, she too is like a parasite that enjoys living off of Gregor's hard work. She does the duties of what a mother should do before the metamorphosis. To Gregor, she was a sickly mother with asthma. When she first saw that Gregor was now a beetle, she fainted. That is considered a normal first reaction. Then when Gregor was trying to talk to the chief clerk, his ...

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