Gregor was alienated even before his transformation. He worked as a traveling salesman under a boss who showed no respect for him: “He was a tool of the boss, without brains or backbone” (p 5). Because he traveled so much, he was unable to make friends or have any kind of intimate relationship. Throughout the five years Gregor had worked in the company, he hadn’t missed work once in order to pay off the debt his father owed. Gregor’s father is a cogent authority figure in the family, yet Gregor had become stronger because of his father’s weakness. When his father had lost the business and could no longer support the family, Gregor took over his father’s position in the family and was the sole supporte

Gregor is alienated from his job and family before his metamorphosis even takes place. He works in a “dead-end” job in order to pay off his father’s debt, but the family doesn’t appreciate his consideration. After he is transformed, the family takes care of Gregor only so far as duty seems to necessitate. He is kept locked in his dirty room and brought inedible food. As his isolation increases, so does his depression. At the end of the novel, Gregor’s family becomes so apathetic with Gregor that he decides to make life easier for them by disappearing. Because Gregor did not get the love he needed and he was so detached from everything around him, he could not sustain life.

After Gregor’s metamorphosis, his isolation becomes increasingly apparent. As he awakens, he hardly notices the changes in his body; he isn’t startled in the least. When he starts to speak he doesn’t notice a change in his voice, where as to the rest of the family he is inaudible. When he finally shows himself, his family is disgusted, scared, and humiliated. He is shut in his room, his door locked from the outside. Even his environment becomes alien to him, when he can no longer see out his window. His room is only to be opened when h

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