Metamorphosis Metamorphosis Taking Place Involving Gregor and Its Effect on

             Metamorphosis: Metamorphosis Taking Place Involving Gregor and Its Effect on
             Metamorphosis. This means a change in form, structure, or
             appearance. Change is a major theme throughout Franz Kafka's novella,
             The Metamorphosis. There is a significant relationship between the title,
             The Metamorphosis, and the theme of change. Kafka's main character, Gregor
             Samsa, undergoes many changes and his transformation evokes change in his
             Several metamorphosis take place involving Gregor. First, a
             physical change occurs "When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from
             unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous
             vermin." After that happened, Gregor's voice changes from human into the
             voice of a bug. "That was the voice of an animal," Gregor's manager said,
             but the words seemed perfectly clear to him. Beginning to see things
             less and less, Gregor experiences a change in his vision. An example,
             found on page 29, would be Gregor seeing the hospital less and less
             distinctly. A mental change in Gregor occurs when he starts not caring
             about or having no consideration for his family. " It hardly surprised him
             that he was showing so little consideration for the others; once such
             consideration had been his greatest pride."
             Everyone in the Samsa family experiences changes brought on by
             Gregor's metamorphosis. Since Gregor's physical change renders him no
             longer able to work, the family's financial situation changes. Gregor's
             mother, father, and sister have to get jobs. Mrs. Samsa, Gregor's
             mother, sews lingerie for a local clothing store. His sister, who took a
             job as a salesgirl to help the family,
             also learns French in the evening so she might get a better position in
             the future. Mr. Samsa, Gregor's father, takes a job as a messenger for
             banking institutions. Turning into a bug, Gregor causes a lack of harmony
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