Summary And Symbolism In The Metamorphosis

In the novel, The Metamorphosis, there is a man named Gregor Samsa, He woked up as a giant nasty bug. This was an abrupt transformation of him to a bug. There are many different kinds of symbols that are used in this novel. Symbols that are used in the text are the Uniform, Food, and the picture of woman with fur. The use of this symbol mostly appear throughout the whole story. This symbols represent Gregor Samsa by the way of his humanity and the family who took care and raised him.

The Uniform symbolizes Gregor Samsa’s father dignity. He felt pity and respect for his father. Throughout the story Gregor’s respect for his dad shifted. He saw that his father is wearing a “smart blue uniform with gold buttons,” Which his dad never did before because Gregor’s dad never take off his uniform and it is all dirty. Gregor might be thinking that his dad is in good condition now which he thought his father’s self respect is back, in that way Gregor respect his dad.
Gregor’s sister left a milk and bread on the table showing sympathy and reward. She is expecting that Gregor will see the food that she left and eat them in order for him to recognize what is he having when he was a human. In that case he would be back to human once he take the food on the table. Gregor’s favorite was the Milk and bread which it taste better for him when he was still a human and when he tried to eat the food on the table it seems to be in different taste it’s because he’s an insect now. He feels starving while the borders are moving their stuff which the Samsa Family kind of lost their sympathy for Gregor. They lose interest of feeding him again not like last time they always feed him and show support for