Change: Theme in the Metamorphosis Essay

The metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is a novella. The theme in this story is that limiting in one character leads to authoritative and negative interpolate in some other characters. Gregor Samsa, the main character intensifys into dung beetle. His change affects his family deeply and they make both authoritative and negative changes to accommodate both his change and themselves. The family resents Gregor and lift ups him as a burden, which is a negative change, besides previously the family had relied on Gregor as their line of descent of income. This is where the conflict arises because now they have to learn to black market for themselves instead of relying on Gregor for income, which is finally a great positive change.The familys initial response towards Gregor is largely extremely negative. When the family and the chief clerk, Gregors boss, see him for the first succession they panic. Gregor is promptly shoved back into his room and he is locked there. No one came bot h longer, and, in addition, the keys were now on the outside (page 25). This represents the familys immediate disgust towards Gregor where as before Gregors family had always taken care of him. Gregors sister, Grete clear-cut to at least bring Gregor some food save even then she is still frightened. She immediately opened the door over again and walked in on tiptoe as if she were visiting a bad ill person or even a stranger (page 26). Mrs. Samsa asks to see Gregor but Mr. Samsa and Grete stop her. It shows that at least she has judge Gregors change and wants to see him. Although the family does not react very well towards Gregors change his family still stresss to help him.Grete notices that Gregor is learning to move around, this is a positive change. She decided that moving furniture out of Gregors room would give him more(prenominal) room to move around, and she asks for her develops help. Gregor sees his mother and sister victorious away the last traces of his humanity . In a plight of desperation he sticks himself to a picture on the wall. Grete is annoyed and tells him to get off, and when Gregors mother catches sight of Gregor she is so frightened she faints. Grete panics because she is worried about her mother, and Gregor follows her to get medication for their mother.In the midst of all this chaos Mr. Samsa comes home. A positive change in his  expression is seen. Gregor had seen him as the same man who would lie wearily, bury in bed,who had received him wearing a bathrobe and sitting in an build up chair(page 37). Where as now Gregors father was perfectly erect, change in a tight blue uniform (page 37). Although Mr. Samsas appearance and his acquiring a job is a positive change his reception towards Gregor is negative. Gregors father assumed that Gregor had done something violent and he was so furious he threw an apple at Gregor. Mr. Samsa throwing the apple was also a negative change because this was his son he was injuring.The cha nge in the familys behavior towards Gregor had become increasingly negative. Gregors mother and Grete had obtained jobs, and Gregor saw how fatigue and overworked the family was becoming. In the beginning Grete took careful time to feed Gregor and clean his room, but as she worked she hastily shoved food into Gregors room as she ran off. The tartness of the family peaked, and Grete even wished for Gregor to die. And therefore I merely say we have to try to get rid of it (page 47). Where previously Gregor had been expiry physically he had accepted that he was a burden on the family and he was also dying emotionally. He accepted his face and dies peacefully. When the family finds Gregor dead they are relieved and appreciative they dont have to deal with him anymore. Gregor dying had a positive effect on the family because now they were relieved of the burden that they had been given.The family learned how to work for themselves, yet in the process they treated Gregor poorly, the f irst being positive but their treatment of Gregor being negative. If one person changes it become demand for the people around them to change as well. Often times those changes make can be positive or negative. Gregors change greatly affected the family and it became necessary for the family deal with the change. The changes they made were largely negative and not beneficial towards Gregor. The family was unwilling to make positive changes in their behavior towards Gregor which resulted ultimately in his death. This shows that whatever changes people choose to make, either positive or negative, the changes will always have a great effect on everyone around them.