Metamorphosis Plot Summary Essay

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      Gregor Samsa awakes one morning to find that he has been mysteriously transformed into a giant insect. He has also slept late. His parents and his sister Greta try to rouse him so he can make it to his dreary job as a travelling salesman. The family depends on him for its comfortable lifestyle. Gregor, however, is now a bug. When the Chief Clerk from his company comes to demand an explanation for his absence, implying that Gregor has not turned up to work because he has stolen the funds entrusted to him. As Gregor has gone five years without an absence, the arrival of the Chief Clerk is very bizarre. Gregor makes a great effort to open the bedroom door and “show himself”. This sends the terrified clerk tearing down the stairwell and Gregor's family into shock. Mr Samsa jostles Gregor back into his bedroom with a cane and injures Gregor’s leg, an injury to accompany the one made in his jaw from opening the door.

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     Greta, more than his father or mother, handles the situation practically. The family debate over what food to give Gregor, eventually they just give him the leftovers of their meals. But Gregor is fed, and his room is cleaned. When the family realise that they have no longer got an income, they realise that they will have to find some other way of financially surviving. This is where we find out that Mr Samsa has slyly been investing the money that Gregor earned. However, this money is only a temporary solution and before long, economic reality requires ...

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