One day Gregor Samsa awakes from disturbing dreams to find out that they were real... he had turned into a dung beetle! He thinks that it will all go away, but he misses his 5 o'clock train! he stumbles out of bed just as the manager arrives at his house. he demands that Gregor opens the door, which is quickly denied.(nobody wants to find out that their once faithful son has turned into a beetle)Full of regret, Gregor opens the door. The manager leaves the house in terror.Gregor's dad shooes him into his room, whacking him at the same time. Gregor falls into a coma-like sleep.
When he wakes up at dusk, Gregor finds that his sister, Grete, left his favourite food. he tries to eat it but is dismayed that the food that he once loved was now repulsive to him.
Grete discovers this and makes Gregor some food scraps, which Gregor ate. And so, he would be fed twice a day.(yuck!) Gregor assumed that his family would be left penniless after his disasterous transformation, but suprisingly his father had managed to save up a small sum of money.
Back then, when his dad's business had collapsed, Gregor worked with extreme determination and went from stock clerk to a travelling salesman! And in no time, he was able to delight his family with his financial success.
Those were splendid times.....
But soon after, his parents would still accept his earnings, but no special felling of warmth accompanied with it anymore. Only his sister stayed close with him.
Gregor spent many nights feeling ashamed because of his situation. Trying to diminish his sense of captivity, Gregor would gaze out of the window, but as each day passed, his vision grew weaker...
Gregor no longer wanted to eat, and for recreation he would crawl on the celing and the walls. Soon after, his mother and sister came into the room to take away all the furniture. Gregor tries to save a painting, but terrifies his mum instead.As grete rushes to get the medicine, Gregor offers to help, but is beaten into his room by his dad, who jams an apple into his back. Just as he delivers the final blow, Gregor's mother asks him to be spared.
Days passed, and the family members grew to forget about the incident. Normally, it was Grete's job to clean Gregor's room, but one day Gregor's mother cleaned it instead. This resulted in chaos, and so both of them were not allowed to clean in the room again. Gregor's dad advertised for a cleaning lady. By now, the family had gotten into the habit of using his room as a storeroom. They had also taken on three roomers. Later that day, Grete was practising violin when she was asked to join them outside to play for them. However, Gregor was drawn outside by the music, and the three roomers immediately took notice. As they wnet to their rooms, they declared that they would not pay for their stay.
As Gregor crawled back to room, he was terrified by what his parents wanted of him. They thought that Gregor would understand and voluntarily leave the house, but he didn't, so they thought he was an animal. Nevertheless, Gregor thought of his family with love, and passed away....
When the family discovered this, they decided to move house. They fired the cleaning lady, and shooed the roomers away. Despite of their recent troubles, Grete had grown into beautiful lady, and was the first one to rise after their long journey to their new home.
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