Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis"

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This paper explains that while "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka focuses mainly on the transformation of Gregor, the main character in the story, it is about the changes that occur within each character in the story as well as the changes that take place in the relationships between the characters. In particular, the paper focuses on the changed relationship of Gregor and his sister Grete.

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"In chapter one we only hear Grete's voice and she is soft and nurturing. As the family yells at Gregor to get up and hurry to work, she gently implores "Gregor? Is something the matter with you? Do you want anything?" She cares for him very deeply and, while Mr. and Mrs. Samsa and Gregor's manager plead with him to come out of his room, "in the room on the right his sister began to sob." The love Grete feels for her brother is reciprocated by Gregor. This is learned as Gregor is facing his manager and feeling so hopeless as to how to communicate to him that despite his condition, he understands everything clearly. Gregor longs for his sister to help him but she has gone to fetch the doctor."

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