Metamorphosis 2

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Members of a family are often affected when something suddenly changes. Family relationships and special bonds can be changed and sometimes even broken. The attitudes of family members may be altered around the sudden change. In Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis, a family's bond is broken apart by a sudden change in Gregor Samsa. The author deals with changes in Gregor and within the whole family. The family's attitude changes throughout the book. Gregor's sister, Grete, showed the largest change in attitude. In the beginning she felt sorry

for her unfortunate brother and she continued to show that she still cared about him. She took care of him and fed him when no one else seemed to care. After seeing her "changed" brother for the first time and being frightened by his appearance, "she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut again". Grete still cared for her brother even though

Gregor's mother had a very similar attitude towards the change in Gregor. When she first saw him she had great sorrow. In the beginning, she refused to give up hope that Gregor would someday be normal again. She showed her feelings by disagreeing with Grete when she wanted to remove his furniture. She wanted the room untouched, so that when Gregor came back it would be exactly the same and he could easily forget the whole thing. As her attitudes changed in the end, she too became irritated by Gregor.

as rapidly as Gregor himself did. Gregor's change in life, reflected on the rest of the family's attitudes towards life.

the presence of her brother. By not caring anymore, she no longer fed nor acknowledged her brother. Grete was the first to announce that the family needed to get rid of Gregor. After his death she was content to go on with the rest of her life, with out the burde

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