With
this story we learn about a man who is the main money maker for the
family.One morning this all changes.He changes into a cockroach and
his family think that he is just sick but in reality he is not he is
changing into some kind of bug.
The chief clerk can to see how he was doing, basically to make sure
he was really sick and not faking it co miss out on work. When the
chief clerk arrives at his home his sister is crying and Gregor
doesn't understand why. He thought it was “Because he wouldn't get
up and admit the chief clerk, because he was in danger of losing his
job,and because the director would then pursue his parents with the
old claims.”(kafka 215) All Gregor worries about is his family in
the beginning. He worries about his sister not getting ready for the
day and for his parents because they might get into a lot of trouble
because of the claims they have against them.His sister stays by his
door trying to get him to come out but its no use. Gregor is stuck in
bed and cant get out. His father doesn't have a job and neither does
his mother and sister. Gregor has became the foundation to his
families life style because of his job. It surprises us when we see
how his father acts toward Gregor. He has so much hate he throws a
apple at his back which basically slowly kills him. But after he dies
he his family takes no time into getting over him.
In some families the roles are reversed and the parents have to depend on the child for support. Your right, Gregor was the moneymaker of the household and his parents got use to that so much that in some way they expected him to be the bread winner."The next train left at seven; to catch it meant hurrying like a madman, and his samples werent yet packed, and he himself didnt feel exactly agile or vigorous" (Kafka 211). Gregor realizes he is a cockroach but he is still trying to figure out ways to get to work. He knows how important to keep this job for his family. You know what they say sometimes you got to do what you have to do if that means you do not want to.
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