doorway and he finds himself stuck and unable to move, "when from behind his father gave him a hard shove, which was truly his salvation, and bleeding profusely, Gregor flew far into his room." If one where to infer the transformation this way; it would perfectly depict human condition due to the fact that his family rejects him as a total failure.
Another way one might define the metaphor of this transformation is looking at Gregor's disassociation with the human world. How can one overcome the human condition if communication is not possible? An insect cannot communicate in language; therefore there is no way for Gregor to explain his quandary to anyone. Due to lack of interaction, one can see the purpose of human condition reoccurring. For instance, when he tried to explain to his manager why he wasn't at work on time, the manager asked, "Did you understand a word?" and then he stated, "That was the voice of an animal." Without language and with a hideous appearance, Gregor, in his new state is cut off from communication with the outside world and with his family. One should assess that Kafka is using this metaphor with a dual purpose of human condition. The family assumes Gregor has done something horrible that they are not aware of to cause his punishment of transformation. .
To add salt to the wound, Gregor's father has no lenience for his appearance and is not only cruel verbally, but also physically. I believe that Gregor's father can relate to the human condition of failure because he fails to understand Gregor for who he is. On one occasion, "He had filled his pockets from the fruit bowl on the buffet and was now pitching one apple after another." Gregor is injured by one of the apples that embed itself .
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in his back racking him with "unbelievable pain." Kafka certainly uses the apple as a metaphor for original sin and the pain of the punishment imposed by God on Adam and Eve.