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How Does Society Lie Grete Represent Society
Gregor is hiding himself for his sister shows that he believes strongly in sacrifices especially for his family, this symbolizes for how society views outcast or different individuals. In this situation Grete represents society and Gregor represents societies out casts; his society believes that social outcasts are disgusting making everyone who’s different have to hide themselves for the sake of society’s peace of mind. Society will not stop until all different individuals are covered up, not even a little bit of different characteristics conflicting to societies ideal must be covered up. These are extremely hard for an individual to do, become invisible. Society lie Grete has the chose to remove the cover of the out cats since it evident
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