lodgers and all hell breaks loose. Hell in the form of his once guardian angel of a sister, this time stating that “he must go,” (Kafka, page 134). At the end the charwoman who used to go to Gregor’s room to tease him finds him flattened in his room dead apparently from starvation, Gregor hardly ate once his relationship with his family deteriorated. Even though it is hinted at that the Samsa’s weep together in a room they still showed no compassion when the charwoman proclaimed that she threw Gregor in the garbage. In the end the Samsa’s talked about moving when they went on a family stroll and looked at their daughter with signs of hope. Perhaps they now want her to solely work off their debt.I personally did not like this story that much for its lack of information and its handling of the situation. I also find tales of giant sized cockroaches running rampant to be quite disgusting. I believe that Kafkas’ moral can easily be distorted by a trained or untrained eye in literature because of his handling of the situation. Near the beginning we find Gregor stumbling around trying to get used to his new body and still trying to make if for work at the same time. Now I strongly believe that if anyone were to wake up a cockroach that work would be the last thing on his or her mind. This now takes me to the next logical thought that him being a cockroach was just an allegory or used for satire. However in this story I don’t believe that to be the case here I believe he is quite literally and figuratively a cockroach, however if I am wrong and it is satire I must say it is used pretty terribly. For if this metamorphosis is not what it seems to be then why all the looks of disgust by fellow family members as well as the chief clerk. They all acted as though they seen some thing horrid. This reaction to appearance also has reactions on opposite sides of the spectrum though, for the lodger...
