The Metamorphosis

I woke up this morning and was reminded of Gregor Samsa. In the beginning of The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka describes Gregor's blanket falling off of his slippery belly. The quilt that covers my bed is one that my mother put on it after I moved out. This quilt, made of polyester, I think, was slipping off my bed no matter how often I tried to catch it. I was just imagining how annoying it must have been to have a slippery blanket covering a body that was not my own or any other human's.

Why were parents involved in their’ children’s jobs? Today in most countries parents do not receive a report about how their children are doing at work. “Since you are wasting my time so endlessly I don’t see why your parents shouldn’t hear it too. For some time past your work has been more unsatisfactory.” I think it is strange because Gregor is an adult. I assume this because he has already been in and left the military. The chief clerk came all the way to Gregor’s home instead of just punishing him for not showing up to work. The closeness of family has a lot of weight in The Metamorphosis; I think the chief clerk comes to his house as a part of this family bond.

After Gregor's transformation, his family begins to slip away from him. Could his losing his family more and more as his denial of his transformation decreases be parallel to his quilt slipping off his body as he wakes up from his sleep?