How Does Society Affect Gregor's Life

But when Gregor steps into the living room and gets rejected not only by the three gentlemen, but by Grete and his family, he realizes there is no hope for his acceptance. This explains why “...he was amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak state a little while before and almost without noticing it.” Gregor was able to cover the distance on his way to his sister so easily because he was hopeful. Now that his hope has diminished completely, the distance back seems insurmountable. The alienation that Gregor experiences from society causes the death of his individuality because society’s rejection of Gregor’s vermin self is an example of society’s belief

Gregor is extremely affectionate with his family and without a doubt loves all of them unconditionally. Even as Gregor is slowly dying on his bedroom floor, “He thought back of his family with emotion and love.” Gregor’s family is a big part of Gregor’s identity, and if they refuse to accept him and no longer view him as part of the family, a piece of Gregor’s individuality dies. If he is not Gregor of the Samsa family, he is just another man that is not unique from the rest. Gregor doesn’t want to believe that his family doesn’t reciprocate his unconditional love for them. If his family truly does not love Gregor the way Gregor loves them, the piece of Gregor’s life where he believed his family did love him unconditionally is a lie, and this causes a loss of Gregor’s identity and therefore

Some of the relationships with his family members began to break immediately after they found out about his metamorphism and others slowly decayed over the course of months. For example, after finding out that his son has transformed into a giant cockroach, Mr. Samsa immediately rejects Gregor and shows no affection for him from that point onwards. This has little to no effect on Gregor, however, as Gregor gets more distressed by any cold behavior exhibited by his mother or sister. In part two, after Grete insisted on removing all the furniture in Gregor’s room, Gregor expresses a kind of wistful sadness over not being able to talk to his mother because of his vermin form, and even entertains the idea of his mother coming in his room occasionally just to talk to him. At the time, this was a strange idea for Gregor to conceive because he was embracing his new cockroach form and didn’t even show himself to Grete when Grete came into his room to clean or give Gregor food. Gregor “had come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it.” Gregor had almost forgotten about his humanity. He had embraced his new vermin form and had so little human contact that he forgot what he missed about being a human. However, as a result of Gregor’s metamorphosis, his relationship with his mother was tested and ultimately