His general lack of communication with his father, exemplified throughout both The Metamorphosis and his letter. .
Many believe that these life story facts inspired Kafka to write The Metamorphosis. His feelings of isolation, as well as his father not accepting him gave Kafka the creativity to express his pain through Gregor. Throughout the novel Franz Kafka, the author, demonstrates the parallel between his relationship with his family, and Gregor Samsa's relationship with his family, in addition to how Gregor came to choose to become the insect he lived as physically, after having already lived as one psychologically. .
In the this short story, Gregor Samsa, whom takes the responsibility as the caretaker in his family, turns into a gigantic beetle. However, he does not .
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seem at all shocked by this transformation partly because he has always felt unconnected to society and the rest of his family. The only drastic change in his life remained the fact that he could get out of bed and go about his daily life in the office. He continued as even more so separated from his family, they basically left him to die in his room because he could not provide for the family any longer. His parents had always treated him as their hired help since he had taken the job to pay for his father's debts. Grete, his sister, seemed the only family member to change her perception of Gregor. .
Gregor's family plays a key role and not considered entirely antagonistic. Kafka shows not only a metamorphosis in Gregor, but also in his mother, father, and sister as well. At first, Gregor's metamorphosis brings out hate and fear in his family, despite everything he has done to help them (Landsberg 259). However, as the family adjusts to Gregor's metamorphosis, they adjust their lives accordingly. They had grown lethargic depending upon Gregor, but now they must learn to once again take care of themselves. The family gradually becomes independent of Gregor; unfortunately, for this to happen, Gregor had to become a hideous insect.
