Transition In The Metamorphosis By Frank Kafka

From the very opening scene of The Metamorphosis by Frank Kafka the reader receives a sense of pleasure and uneasiness. The opening lines of the novella tell of how Gregor Samsa wakes up to discover that he has turned into a giant insect. This first creates a sense of wonder and curiosity within the reader which then turns into uneasiness and disgust as more details are described. In The Metamorphosis Frank Kafka uses Gregor’s metamorphosis and his family’s reaction to the transition to create a confusion of emotions within the reader. An intriguing author leaves the reader questioning a story long after they put it down. In The Metamorphosis, the reader is presented with the graphic transition of a man into a large insect. This gives the reader a curiosity

What would cause him to turn into a bug? Is he really a large insect, or is it just a figment of his imagination? The more the reader thinks about it though, the more uneasy and anxious they get. What if they were turn into a bug? What would be the cause of that transition? Kafka uses the physical metamorphosis of Gregor to help the reader evaluate their own life. 
 After his transition, Gregor’s family is very shocked at was has happened. At first, no one wants to visit him, or attempt to communicate with him. His sister decides to leave food for him. She first leaves fresh milk and bread. After realizing that he did not like that she leaves an assortment of foods to learn what he does like. She becomes his caretaker. His mother and father do no want to visit him at all. By the end of the story, his sister tries to convince Gregors’ parents to forget that he was even ever a human. This creates a sense of outrage in the reader. How could someone say that about their