Gregor Samsa In The Metamorphosis By Frank Kafka

Humans often feel confined to the life they live. Whether they enjoy it or not, it makes them feel well-intentioned. In The Metamorphosis by Frank Kafka, it is noted that Gregor Samsa, a young man who was transformed into a creature instantaneously overnight, was living a life that was less than desirable. Previously to being altered, Gregor Samsa was bound to a job at a firm that he detested, subsequently confined as an insect, and in addition was limited to a room where he was forced to watch his family as an outsider as they slowly started to fall apart.
The excerpt below is a key passage to understanding Gregor Samsa’s utter abhorrence amongst his job:
Oh God, he thought, what an exhausting job I've picked out for myself! On the road day in, day out. It's much more irritating work than doing the actual business in the home office, and on top of that, there's the trouble of constant traveling, of worrying about train connections, the bad food and irregular meals, casual acquaintances that are always new and never become intimate friends. The devil take it all!
In the beginning of the story, it is noted that Gregor was not very fond of his job. He was a traveling salesman and he was the
sole supporter of his family. His family consisted of his father, mother, and his sister Grete. As Gregor sat on his bed after noting his transformation he contemplated about quitting his job and leaving everyone that he hated. He was not particularly fond of his boss. Gregor dreamt about telling his boss off and telling him exactly what he thought of him, “That would knock him right off his desk!” he envisioned. Gregor, who overnight was transformed into a gigantic insect had to come up with a resolution to make it on time to his job because calling out sick was not an option. It was interpreted that quitting was not a possibility for Gregory because he was the only one who worked in his family. Another reason he could not leave his job so easily was because he was paying the debt of his parents off.
Gregor was able to keep the truth away about his metamorphosis from has a family for a few hours, but after the clerk appeared at his house the truth came out. After appearing in front of his mother she cried, “Oh God, oh God!" fell with outspread arms over the sofa as if giving up, and did not move. "Gregor!" cried his sister, shaking her fist and glaring at him. This was the first time that Greta and his mother had directly seen him after his metamorphosis and they could not believe their eyes. Gregor ashamed of how they viewed him ran to his room to avoid any further conflict. After Gregor realized of his scary appearance he guaranteed to lock himself in his room. He felt trapped in this body and because of this, he was imprisoned to his room.
As time went on, Gregor confined to his room, “In the darkness of his room, invisible to the family, he was permitted to see them all at the lamp-lit table and listen to their talk by general consent, as it were, very different from his earlier eavesdropping.” At first, he admired how well he had taken care of his family.
He loved knowing what a great apartment he attained for them but as time went on he started to realize the struggles they all faced. Gregor was filled with guilt but in his distorted form there was nothing he could do. From afar he witnessed his elderly father come home exhausted after his long day at work, his mother as well, and his sister become occupied with her job instead of attending the Conservatory, a school he envisioned her in. This dwelled on
Gregor.
Just as much as Gregor felt captive in his room, his family as well felt immovable with him. "My dear parents," said his sister, slapping her hand on the table by way of introduction "things can't go on like this. Perhaps you don't realize that, but I do. I won't utter my brother's name in the presence of this creature, and so all I say is: we must try to get rid of it. We've tried to look after it and to put up with it as far as is humanly possible, and I don't think anyone could reproach us in the slightest."
His guilt grew every day, until the day of his passing, where he was freed of this misery he lived and freed his family as well.