The most forlorn part of kafka's The Metamorphosis is unarguably the fact that gregor deeply loves and cares for his family. From the start of the story, he is depicted as a person who works onerously to support his family, all though they do hardly anything for themselves. As Gregor slowly transforms into a cockroach the limits of his family's loyalty and empathy are tested. Gregor is forsaken by his family, and that leads us to believe that Kafka does not believe in the idea of unconditional love. In The Metamorphosis we are introduced to a character Gregor who is a businessman who works as a traveling salesman “O God,’ he thought, ‘what a demanding job I’ve chosen! Day in, day out on the road. The stresses of trade are much greater than the work going on at head office,”(Kafka 4).This quote later goes onto to show how joyless Gregor is in his job, but he's not going to change jobs because there are far worse ones out there. To better explain this Nicole smith says this about Gregor “Like many people, he detests his job, but he recognizes that his work is necessary because it …show more content…
His whole entire family goes through a sort of form of metamorphosis. The minor yet crucial change comes from gregor's father. “ There was no closeness before his transformation and afterwards it was worse. In the end, the father has to get a job to help support the family, further alienating Gregor. He feels let down by his son.”(Ukessay). Gregor's father has always had a dislike for gregor since the start of the book. As we draw an end we see the major change in his family, which is the change of his mother. “By the end of the story she too has undergone a metamorphosis, because now she is able to sew for a store and do things for herself instead of relying on Gregor to take care of her.”(Ukessay). It is truly amazing as a read that his mother could get over her issues with her