azy asses. He went to his boss and begged him to "please sir, spare my parent" (Kafka 24). Strangely, after what his family put him through he still looked vigorously for a way to help his parents, "his duty was to remain docile and to try to make things bearable for his family"(Kafka 42). As time passes, Gregor realizes that his family doesn't need his help and support and that he is nothing more than a burden to them. The family never realized the strain that the transformation had put Gregor through, and now they have cut off relations instead of supporting Gregor they desert him. Even his sister had gotten to the point of no longer feeding or cleaning Gregor's room, she might stop in and give him a piece of bread but not stay and talk to him. The thing that really got to Gregor is the memories of all the things he had done for his family and now here he is being shoved into some room and given nothing in return. Thinking of his family Gregor decides he must go. Gregor died that night and when his family found out they mourned for only a minute and went about their sick ways. Did responsibility prove to be too much for the family Gregor had taken care of for so many years? The true reality of Gregor and his family can be seen through the resulting condition of the family itself. For five years Gregor had remained a slave to his own family not finding out they could have taken care of themselves until it was too late. Now Gregor realized he was forced to live a life of not loving anyone and basically just a life of loneliness. Upon hearing that his family could have taken care of themselves, Gregor was not angry but glad that his father had made his understand what life was about. After observing a family who lived on in the comfort of someone else, we are shown a "family exhausted and d...
