ence before his father: Dearest Father, you once asked me why I maintain that I am afraid of you. As usual, I did not know how to answer you, partly because of this very fear I have of you…the explanation of this fear involves so much that I can’t keep half of them together. (Encyclopedia Of World Biogarphy 405)Gregor is only one to known who supports not only himself but also his until before his metamorphosis. Kafka relates this to his actual father who he calls a vermin: You have in fact gotten it into your head to live completely off me. And the fight of the vermin, which not only stings but also sucks blood for its self-preservation…and that’s what you are. You are unfit for life. (Corngold 71)Imagining his father as a vermin and his duties that his father expected him to be obliged to, might have lead Kafka to the end of the story. We notice that Gregor is talked about with hatred in the family. At the end, even his sister insists her parents that “it” (Gregor as a bug) should be removed. Gregor finally stops his breath and ceases to live. Gregor’s death might be related to Kafka’s actual feelings about ending his life, the proof of which can be verified in his letter to Max Brod, “I stood at the window for a long time and pressed myself against the pane, and several times I felt like frightening the toll collector on the bridge with my fall” (67). This feelings about death is also seen projected in the beginning of the story when Gregor mentions “to hell with it!” Kafka mea...
