6/28/2023 0 Comments The metamorphosis book buy![]() ![]() Gregor attempts to get out of bed, but finds this very difficult. Gregor's father and Grete, his sister, realize that he is still at home and try to enter his room, but he has locked his doors and they can't get in. Gregor's mother calls to him, and he answers her, noticing that his voice is changing. He can't call in sick because he has not missed a day of work in five years and it would look suspicious. Gregor wants to get up to go to work, but suddenly realizes that he is already late and must have missed the alarm. Gregor's chief at work is extremely tyrannical, and Gregor wants to quit the job but cannot do so until he has paid off the debts that his parents owe the chief. He is a traveling salesman, and he hates traveling because he dislikes worrying and getting up early. Since he can't turn on his side, Gregor cannot fall asleep, so instead he begins thinking about his job. His attention quickly switches to observing his room, which he finds very ordinary but a bit small, and a framed magazine clipping of a woman in fur hanging up on the wall. Gregor briefly examines his new body, but wonders only momentarily about what has happened to him. Gregor Samsa wakes up to find that he has been transformed into a giant insect. ![]()
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