The Metamorphosis: Chapter 2

F. The relationships between the characters in this story seem to be different for every family member. The strongest relationship there is in the story is between Gregor and Grete. This is shown mostly through Gretes actions like giving him food constantly. She also trys to make him more comfortable in his room now that he is a bug. So she moved all of his furniture and stuff. And this is shown when Gregor says that he was going to send her to music school to study the violin. The next stronger relationnship is between the mother and Gregor. She wants to see his condition but his sister and father wont let her. And the worse relationship is between Gregor and his father. This is shown when Gregors dad trys to kill him.
C. I am still wondering on how the hell Gregor became a giant bug thing? So far in the story we have not heard of anything on how he has become a bug. Did he kill a bug on his way home and this is now Karma. Or is this maybe a blessing that was sent to get his family to work again and not just him.
E. I think that what Gregors father did was a little uncalled for. That is his son in that bug form unless he has forgotten all about it. He didn’t even give his duaghter a chance to explain what happened. And how do you mix up escaping and attacking your wife, like seriously?

I. In this part of the story, I feel driven further and further away from gregors parents. In fact I’m against them. In class, we talked about how gregor might be working as an indentured servant. But in this part, we find out that gregor has been working to provide for his family. But the question is; Why? His father is perfectly capable. It said in the story that he has become overweight and sluggish from sitting around. And its not like he couldn’t get a job! He ended up becoming a bank manager just like that! And his mothers excuse is asthma, which would be a sufficient excuse if she only could do labor jobs! She could go get an office job easily! The problem with this story is that gregors parents are lazy and they are forcing gregor to work for them.

E. going off of what I said above, I think that gregors parents are being punished for making gregor work. It seems that even though they are capable of getting a job, they are having their son live a horrible life so they can sit around all day. When gregor gets turned into a bug, I think his parents are being punished by having to go get jobs for themselves, and loosing their son in the process.

C. I wonder why Grete seems to be the only one who takes care of gregor? Even though she is terrified of him she continues to bring him meals. His parents, however, don’t do much, which probably goes to prove that they don’t care for him.

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I thought that it was very mean when he wakes up and sees a bowl of milk there. To me it seems like they are treating him like an animal, and they are not respecting him as their son. I am also sad that his mother just leaves him to eat alone. Although they do this, I find it funny how it was his favorite drink in the world, and now he can’t stand the taste of it.
In addition, I feel like Gregor is worrying way to much about his family. HE TURNED INTO A BUG! I think he should get that handled before he worries about anything else. Although this, I feel happy that he is proud of his contribution to giving his parents money.

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Why was Gregor’s parents so disappointed in Gregor and basically treated him like nothing. It seems like they only cared about him when he was getting them money. Why does Gregor still act like a child? Why does he never care about himself?\

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“But Grete’s words had quite unnerved the mother; she took a step to the side, took in the huge brown splotch on the flowered wallpaper, and, before realizing what she saw was actually Gregor, screamed in a loud, harsh voice; ‘Oh God! Oh God!’ and collapsed, arms out flung in total abandon, onto the sofa and did not move.” I thought that this quote was sad, and funny. It was funny to me because after reading this I think of an old style comedy when old actors passed out to everything. On the other hand, I feel bad for Gregor because he now knows that his family thinks he is a creep.

C. Gregor has a new life as an insect. Why doesn’t he just go and forget about his family? There’s no way that he can possibly support them now, being the fact that he transformed into an insect incapable of human tasks. His life is completely different, and he’s not even human! I believe Gregor should try and find a way to revert to his old self, because one day his family might mistake him for a real insect, and probably squish him to death. That would be really nasty.
I. I agree with Dakota A response. The author has me sitting here like “I should keep reading. This seems interesting.” I’m pretty sure if you went to sleep to go to Xavier the next morning, and you wake up, then all of a sudden you’re a roach or something, I’m pretty sure you’d want to do some crazy things I guess. All I want to know is what Gregor is going to do with his life as an insect.
H. Gregor, staring at the fresh milk and vegetables, had a different agenda today. He felt as if he was converted into a different style of life, like an enlightenment. He no longer wishes to eat what regular humans eat, and he seems disgusted by healthy food now. Uncertain as to why he changed so quickly, Gregor eats the moldy food with delight, and rejects what was, his favorite drink and meal. A change of heart can be a change of physical attributes as well.

I. I agree with richteri16 "F. I can tell that Gregor and his sister must have a really strong relationship. She was the one who first made contact with him after the big scene the morning after his metamorphosis. She decided to come in and give him food. However, he did not like the milk and bread she initially gave him. Then she came in and gave him other scraps of food while nobody was awake or around. She often argued on his behalf like when his mother wanted to remove his furniture. His sister said not to that. Even when her father wanted to kill Gregor she begged for him to stop. Also she seems to be the only person who had not too terrible reactions to Gregor’s new appearance. She just jumped a little and exited the room. Meanwhile her mother fainted and her father decided to flip out and kill Gregor." I felt almost exactly the same besides a few here and there.

C. What is Gregor right now? Has he shrunk and become the size of an actual vermon or is he like a giant vermon compared to normal bugs? It confuses me because if he were too big, how would he hide hecause it isn’t possible in spots like under the sofa, but if he were too small, then it would be kind of hard to stop him.

D. “But Grete’s words had quite unnerved the mother; she took a step to the side, took in the huge brown splotch on the flowered wallpaper, and, before realizing what she saw was actually Gregor, screamed in a loud, harsh voice; ‘Oh God! Oh God!’ and collapsed, arms out flung in total abandon, onto the sofa and did not move.” I liked that this quote was sad and funny. It was funny to me because after reading this I think of an old style comedy when old actors passed out to everything. On the other hand, I feel bad for Gregor because he feels that his family tought he was a creep.