How Did Gregor Samsa Change

When I awoke one night from my dreadful nightmares, I found myself changed into an android. Was this similar to what Gregor Samsa experienced in “The Metamorphosis? Surely not, how could we possibly be experiencing the same thing? After all, he had turned into vermin, a parasite who had only caused his family problems while I … I was still human, right? I mean I still had the facial features of a human and a body the shape of regular humans, and I certainly did not cause trouble for anyone. But why did I feel different inside? That’s when I realised that we were not so different after all, me and Gregor were pretty much going through the same thing - dehumanization.

In Gregor’s instance, he was dehumanized not only physically but also mentally. His once normal human look had been turned into that of a repulsive and unattractive bug-like creature while his actions showed that he had no longer followed human behavior. On the other hand, I was still looking
His father who had previously treated him as a money making machine had now completely ignored the fact that he was still human inside and did not care if any of his actions had hurt Gregor or even killed him. Gregor’s behavior had also changed drastically, from one of a normal human being’s to that of a bug. His once favourite drink and a drink that was seen as normal in the eyes of humans, milk, was now something that he had detested. Instead, he opted for the revolting old and half-rotten vegetables, a piece of cheese which he had previously deemed inedible for a human, other scraps and leftovers. These actions, coupled with his inability to communicate with his family had led to his alienation as they could no longer see him in the same light again as a regular and ordinary human being and thus could not treat him the same way which they had treated Gregor when he was