Describe the effect of Kafka's matter-of-fact assertion of the bizarre incident with which the story begins. Are you very interested in how it came to pass? How does Kafka keep that from becoming an issue in the story?.
Kafka acts as if Gregor turning into the bug where just an everyday event. This is apparent because Gregor, during the beginning is only concerned with work and what the chief will say to him.
2. When Gregor is trying to get out of bed, he considers calling for help but then dismisses the idea. Why?.
Well, basically because he has transformed into an insect, he doesn't want to freak his family out.
3. Trace Gregor's adaptation to his new body. In what ways do the satisfaction of his life as an insect differ from the satisfactions of his life as a traveling salesman?.
Gregor, after becoming the bug, is satisfied with little things, food, music, and accompaniment, before he took these things for granted. .
4. When Gregor's father pushes him back into his room at the end of section I, Kafka calls it "literally a deliverance." Comment on the possible implications of that description.
At the end of the first section Gregor is no longer being treated as Gregor, instead a second rate person, not quite as the bug he is, yet.
5. What are Gregor's hopes for the future? Is there anything wrong with these hopes?.
Gregors hopes before he turned into a bug where different from when he was the bug. As the salesman, and the bug Gregor wanted to send his sister, Grete, to the music school.
6. "Gregor's broken loose." What does Gregor's father do? Why? Explain the situation that has developed by the end of section II.
When Gregor breaks loose, his father throws apples at him, some are implanted in Gregors body. By the end of the second section, Gregor is no longer treated well, food is hardy given, and he is now almost like any other bug in the house.
7. Why does Gregor, who previously did not like music, feel so attracted to his sister's playing? What change has taken place in his attitude toward himself? What might Kafka mean by "the unknown nourishment he craved"?.
