Change in a person will bring out the true colors in the people that surround that person. When Gregor turned into a bug, that brought out the true colors in his family and the people surrounding him. In the book Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, Gregor's father abuses him physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Gregor's father has abused him physically in so many ways. When he finally has the never to come out of his room and show his family what has happened to him, his father chases him back into his bedroom with a cane. Another example is, Gregor was running away from his father and Mr. Samsa decided to throw apples at him. One of the apples ended up getting lodged in his back and left there to decay. Since