Mistreatment from the 1800's is Still Reflected in Modern Day Society
"The father's explanations were to some extent the first pleasant news that Gregor got to hear since his imprisonment." (p. 1654) In the story The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, the character Gregor undergoes a metamorphosis into an insect and experiences what it's like to feel imprisoned and mistreated within his own home. Throughout the story he continuously is mistreated by his family and sadly still reflects modern day families and society.
Gregor family consisted of his father, his mother and his sister Grete. Before Gregor had turn into an insect he was the main provider of income and covered all expenditures for his family. Gregor was the only person that worked in his family and was a traveling salesman. Therefore, his parents and sister stayed at home and did nothing while Gregor worked everyday. Kafka describes Gregor's father as having an "Â…unsuccessful life" and "he had grown very fat, becoming......
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