Grete In Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis

In The Metamorphosis Gregor Samsa has everything going for him. One day he wakes up and he has turned into a bug. Upon finding him, Gregor’s parents, and sister decide on keeping him locked in his room. His mother cannot bear to see him, and his father is disgraced by him. Gregor’s sister, Grete, is the only one in the house who can stand the sight of him. Grete shows strength, courage, and ultimately disappointment, and shame in The Metamorphosis. Grete is a teenager who is independent and determined. She has a small build and is seen by her parents as a child who needs protection from the world. Grete is a character that people would not notice right away due to the fact that she lacks putting herself out there. Grete is first introduced in the story by knocking of Gregor’s door because she thinks something is wrong. “‘Gregor!’ Gregor!’ At the other side door, however, his sister knocked lightly. ‘Gregor? Are you alright? Do you need anything?’ Gregor directed answers in both directions, ‘I’ll be ready right away.’” Grete’s motivation in the beginning was to help her brother. Grete would feed Gregor and clean his room. She helped him any way she could hoping one day the
Gregor's mother could not stand the sight of him, and his father was ashamed by him. Grete had to sneak around her father in order to take care or Gregor. Grete was selfless in the way that she did not care what her father or mother thought she just wanted to help her brother. “In this way Gregor got his food every day, once in the morning, when his parents and the servant girl were still asleep, and a second time after the common noon meal, for his parents were, as before, asleep then for a little while, and the servant girl was sent off by his sister on some errand or other.” Grete showed courage in the fact that she was not afraid to help her