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Gregor Samsa Abusive
What would you do if you were transformed into a beetle overnight? This very thing happened to Gregor Samsa one rainy night. When Gregor turned into a beetle, his family ended up not wanting anything to do with him. This led to his father being abusive toward him. Gregors father was physically, mentally, emotionally abusive to him ever since the transformation.

Mr. Samsa who is Gregors father was definitely physically abusive toward him. When Gregor came out of his room " his father from behind gave him a hard shove." That showed Mr. Samsa wanted Gregor away from the family. While Gregor was trying to get to his room at one point during the story; Mr. Samsa was lifting his feet high trying to stomp on Gregor. So basically he wanted Gregor
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