Metamorphosis begins with Gregor, a traveling salesman, waking up one morning before having to report to his miserable job, like a cockroach. Throughout the story, Franz Kafka, the author, showcases the numerous changes that occur from the day Gregor wakes up as an insect, to his unfortunate deterioration, and finally to his grim death. Her family, which includes Grete, her sister, her mother, and her father, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa, go through immense transformations, not only individually, but also in their relationships with each other. The title of Metamorphosis is the titular word for the changes that occur not only in the most obvious of all, Gregor, but in all the underlying layers of the rest of the family. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay "One morning, upon awakening from troubled dreams, Gregor Samsa found himself, in his bed, transformed into a monstrous parasite," (1999 ). With this truly powerful opening line, Kafka lays out the entire premise of the story. Gregor wakes up transformed into an insect. There is no backstory, nor anything about Gregor and his real-time life before this transformation occurs. Aside from what is told in the rest of the story, we know nothing about how Gregor, or his family, lived. The most obvious connection to the title Metamorphosis is Gregor's change from human to insect. Of course, turning into an insect is something that isn't plausible to happen in real life. This results in him having human-like thoughts in an insect body. “It's true, the others no longer understood what he said even though it seemed clear enough to him, clearer than before, perhaps because his ears had gotten used to it” (2005). After turning into an insect, he is no longer able to communicate with anyone. What sounds good to him, in his head, cannot be understood by his family, or by any other human being. He also has trouble getting out of bed and getting to the door once his supervisor comes to check on why he missed his train to work. "...'I absolutely must get out of bed before the clock strikes seven-fifteen,'" says Gregor (2002). He doesn't even think of his current state as a bug, but is more concerned with his absence from work and trying to catch the next train. This would be completely impossible in his new body, and in any case under normal circumstances, if someone were to transform into an insect, their reaction would have to be very different from Gregor's. He has difficulty adapting to his new physical state, with his small legs and broad appearance. You never notice exactly how big Gregor is, because normally bugs are quite small. But, having transformed from a human into an insect, it makes sense that it would be large and proportionate to its previous state. This can also be demonstrated when he gets stuck between a door and his father pushes him in. In addition to the physical change Gregor undergoes, he also undergoes a mental change. Gregor's physical metamorphosis is a metaphor for his mental metamorphosis as a man alienated from his family and society. There is Gregor's change from the time he started working as a traveling salesman and became a slave to his family, about 5 years before his metamorphosis, to the glimpse we see of his time in the army as a young man. “On the wall directly opposite hung a photograph of Gregor from his army days in a lieutenant's uniform, hand on his sword, a carefree smile on his lips, demanding respect for his bearing and rank” (2007). This line shows how Gregor was once free from.