Gregor’s family now perceive him as a parasite who needs to be looked after. They now fear him, find him revolting, and, at the same time, blame him for not being able to work and support them anymore. They quickly forget all the good that Gregor did for them before the metamorphosis and lock him in his room. And at this point, his family starts feeling disgusted with him. The protagonist’s transformation is simultaneous with his loss of ability to earn money. When Gregor turns into the creature, he does not care about that in the slightest on the other hand, he cannot reconcile himself with the fact that he will miss his train and will not be able to reach his work that day. In fact, he perceives the obligation of earning money for the family as his natural duty, for who else, if not him, would care for his relatives? Who else, if not him, would make sure that his sister, Greta, gets proper education and realizes herself? It appears that the protagonist believes in some kind of a natural social hierarchy, in which he has the place where he must serve his family and support them by dedicating all his life to this cause. He doesn’t like his work, but he realizes that he has to be a breadwinner after his father lost the ability to work. A closer look at the main character reveals that Gregor Samsa was a hard worker, a man who labored much to feed his relatives.
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