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How Did Metamorphosis Change Gregor's Life

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The story Metamorphosis is a story about an adult and one day he wakes up to be a bug. Before his life changed one day he was just an adult that had to wake up early and go to work every morning to pay his dad’s debt that he owes to the owner of the company that he works for. The dad, mother, and sister don’t work. Only Gregor, the main character works and after one day when he wakes up, he’s turned into a bug. The family freaks out about this change, at first they were all mad and did not accept this change that Gregor happened to him because then Gregor could no longer work and it was up to the rest of the family to find and get job to support the family and pay off the family’s debt. Before he got changed into a bug, his family would expect …show more content…

Gregor changed his mind about work. After not being able to do anything but crawl around his room, he would prefer to be himself again and be working instead of being a bug for the rest of his life. Gregor keeps struggling throughout the story about the fact that he is no longer the breadwinner of the house and no longer has a job to help out with his family’s financial money debt. He took on the work and debt despite his own dreams and ambitions. This was not a job that he wanted but one he did out of love for his family. The job helped Gregor to get money to feed the family and able to pay for rent and still manage to pay off the debt his family had. Gregor’s family changed too, they all found a job minus Gregor. Gregor stayed the same as a bug and eventually after six months died in his …show more content…

He is the main character in the movie, Billy Elliot. His dad has him in boxing since the town that they live in is about boxing and coal mining. Billy is not a bad kid, he’s more quiet and looks at things differently than everyone else. Billy’s mother passed away so he didn’t really have much of a mother figure in his life. Hs father was always trying to keep Billy’s older brother from getting into trouble because of the U.K.’s miners strike that was happening at the time period. Billy’s father tried to be a role model for Billy but it’s hard for him when he’s on strike for his job and tries to keep Billy’s older brother under control. Billy was not that interested of boxing and decided to try ballet out and found out he was more interested in becoming a ballet dancer than he was a boxer. The problem was that his family was unsupportive of his decision. His father thought that Billy was a homosexual for trying to become a ballet dancer which was seen as such a feminine thing to do as a boy. For the main part all Billy gets is negative feedback from his family. The negative feed he gets, gives him the motivation to keep following his dream and show the people that ever doubted him wrong. Eventually his father sees Billy dancing and realizes that he’s actually a good dancer. Billy’s dad then changes his views on his son Billy, and soon supports Billy in his decision to become a ballet dancer. Billy proves to his father and

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