mother threw down her sewing and his sister her pen as quickly as possible so as to run after his father and be further assistance" (Kafka 2773). In addition, there is one instance in which Gregor's father demonstrates the role of the ego (but not without also showing id features), which is defined as: "'executive' mediating the impulsive demands of the id, and the restraining demands of the superego"(Myers 506), by mediating between Gregor's mother and his sister in an argument over the washing of Gregor's room: "...turning to the right, his father blamed his mother for not letting his sister clean Gregor's, but turning to the left, he screamed at his sister that she
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