Family Change In Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis

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families go through a change but the difference is that Gregor's families change is for the worse they push him further away to the point they don't care about him even though he still cares about them. Billy’s family change is for the better instead of pushing him away they support him and help him get to his goal to help him live a better life.

At the end of Metamorphosis Gregor decides that it would be better off for his family if he was dead, he end up dieing and just a he thought his family doesn’t care it's almost as if he never existed.

At the end of Billy Elliot billy end up getting into the royal dance academy and ends up moving away from his family so he can train at the academy. Before he leaves everyone is sad and tells him that

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