Also the women's arm is missing. This represents a missing a part of Gregor's life, since he is no longer considered to be an important part of the family. He can no longer provide for them and help them out financially. "His initial alienation is extreme, it becomes more and more radical as the plot develops. There is in Gregor, first of all, a gradual awareness of the reality of his new condition and situation, accompanied by an increasing resignation to his fate and a feeling of hopelessness" (Mendoza).
Twenty four hours a day, seven days a week all Gregor focuses on is his family and his job. His first thoughts when he wakes up as a bug are that he is going to be late and a sense of determination overtakes him. "Before it strikes a quarter past seven I must be quite out of this bed, without fail'. His biggest worry was the loud crash he would not be able to help making, which would probably cause anxiety, if not terror, behind all the doors. Still he must take the risk" (320). Gregor's tone is calm, but persistent. Despite that he has turned into a bug, Gregor still has his mind focused on everything that he stills has to do for his family. Gregor must get out of bed and in the process of doing so falls and causes himself pain, but if he just stayed in bed and had not gotten up he would have felt emotional pain because he is not getting up and getting ready to head to work to provide for his family. This is the point in the story that Gregor seems to finally figure out that he has alienated himself from his family and society. .
By the initial fact of his metamorphosis into a monstrous insect Gregor is placed in a condition of total alienation from his family, from human society, indeed even from human nature. True, he still has human sensibility, human feelings and human senses, but they are invisible to all. This is precisely what makes Gregor's condition so pathetic and his isolation so total (Mendoza 136).
