Gregor Samsa Reflection

In chapter one, I really felt for Gregor Samsa because you can just tell how much he hates his job as a traveling salesmen. As he lies in bed, unable to get himself up, his only concern is that he will lose his job which he only continues so he can pay of his parents debt. If it wasn’t because that Gregor would have quit a long time ago. In fact, on page four of the book he even stated, “if I didn’t hold back for my parents’ sake, I would have quit long ago, I would have marched up to the boss and spoken my piece from the bottom of my heart…once I’ve gotten the money together to pay off my parent’s debt to him- which will probably date another five or six year- I’m going to do it without fail.” It’s really sad that he’s in this situation but since he’s the only one working in his family, he’s kind
For instance, Grete is convinced not much humanity remains because seeing as she’s the only one who interacts with Gregor she notices his new habits more and more. Such as his new taste in food and how he likes to crawl on the walls and ceiling in his room. Which is why she suggested taking all his furniture out of his room, so he can roam more freely. But the mother, whose convinced Gregor will return his former self, doesn’t like the idea. On page thirty one she said to Grete, “I think the best thing would be to try to keep the room exactly the way it was before, so that when Gregor comes back to us again, he’ll find everything unchanged and forget all the more easily what’s happened in the meantime.” I don’t know which side to choose because although it’s true that Gregor physically becomes more insect-like, crawling on the walls and ceiling, he still show signs of humanity, like how he hates that he can’t help his family financially anymore and how the thought his graying father working is