Despite all this, she turns on Gregor all the same and agrees with Grete that they should try to get rid of him once they no longer begin to see or treat him as a living being that was once her son. She also tries to clean up Gregor's room after his sister begins neglecting him, and is reprimanded by his father for doing so. The mother is initially less so than the father, as she at first sympathizes with his transformation and tries to protect him from his father despite being terrified of his post-transformation appearance.When called out on the last point, he claims that he did the right thing, despite one of the main reasons for Gregor's state being the extreme pressure and working conditions. The father is the main perpetrator, given how he beats up Gregor twice, bellows at his son for not going to work without looking to see if he is ill, claims everyone is tired despite sleeping in every day and keeps money from his collapsed company (Gregor is working to pay off the debts) as well as some of Gregor's income.The way they treat Gregor after his transformation makes it clear to the reader that they probably didn't deserve the love and care that Gregor gave them. Abusive Parents: Though not outwardly abusive to Gregor, it's pretty obvious that Gregor's parents (and his sister to a lesser degree) are just exploiting him and his well-paying job.The Metamorphosis provides examples of the following: Not to be confused with The Metamorphoses, an epic poem by the Roman author Ovid. thing, focusing primarily on his attempts to cope with this situation and his family's attempts to continue their life, of which Gregor was the breadwinner. The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a 1915 novelette by Franz Kafka, about the salesman Gregor Samsa who wakes up one day to find he has been inexplicably transformed into a gigantic cockroach-insect.

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