3/17/2024 0 Comments Metamorphosis manga ending summary![]() ![]() Gregor had not known about this money, and when his father's business fell apart, he had thrown himself into his work in order to provide for his family. He finds out that the family has money saved from his father's business, which had collapsed five year ago. Gregor hides under the couch to protect Grete from having to see him.Īssuming that Gregor can't understand anything, no one talks to him directly, so he learns what is happening by listening to their conversations through the door. She throws away everything he doesn't finish, even if he hasn't touched it. Gregor's sister brings him a variety of foods in order to determine what he will eat. Gregor climbs under the couch, where he feels more comfortable, and decides that he has to help his family through this difficult situation. He wants someone to come in his room, but the doors are locked from the outside and no one will enter. Gregor notices that his father is not reading the paper to the family as he usually does and there is complete silence in the apartment. Gregor attempts to drink the milk, but finds that he is repulsed by the taste. He realizes that his sister had brought him milk with bread in it. ![]() Gregor wakes up at twilight and smells food. Gregor gets stuck in the doorway, and his father shoves him through, injuring him in the process, and slams the door behind him. Gregor's father picks up a walking stick to drive Gregor back into his room. Gregor tries to stop the clerk so as to keep him from leaving with such a negative view of things, but then his mother, backing away, knocks over a coffee pot, causing a commotion and giving the chief clerk an opportunity to get away. He says that he will gladly come back to work and asks the chief clerk not to leave without agreeing with him. Gregor begs the chief clerk to explain the situation at the office and to stand up for him. Seeing Gregor, the chief clerk backs away while his father begins to weep. With great difficulty Gregor manages to open the door by himself. Fearing he is ill, his parents send Grete and the servant girl to get the doctor and the locksmith. Because of the changes in Gregor's voice, no one outside understands a word he says. He retorts that his business has not been bad lately. Gregor is angered by this speech, and insists that he is simply feeling slightly indisposed but will soon return to work. The chief clerk loses his temper and tells Gregor that he is shocked by his attitude, insisting that his position in the company is not unassailable because his work has been poor lately. ![]() Samsa insists that Gregor must be ill or he would not be acting like this. Angry that his firm sends the chief clerk himself if he is only a little late, Gregor finally swings himself out of bed.Īs the family entreats Gregor to open the door, he refuses. ![]() Suddenly the doorbell rings and the chief clerk comes into the apartment. He realizes that he is now very late, and lies back hoping that some clear thinking will resolve the situation. Gregor attempts to get out of bed, but finds this very difficult. Gregor's father and Grete, his sister, realize that he is still at home and try to enter his room, but he has locked his doors and they can't get in. Gregor's mother calls to him, and he answers her, noticing that his voice is changing. He can't call in sick because he has not missed a day of work in five years and it would look suspicious. Gregor wants to get up to go to work, but suddenly realizes that he is already late and must have missed the alarm. Gregor's chief at work is extremely tyrannical, and Gregor wants to quit the job but cannot do so until he has paid off the debts that his parents owe the chief. He is a traveling salesman, and he hates traveling because he dislikes worrying and getting up early. Since he can't turn on his side, Gregor cannot fall asleep, so instead he begins thinking about his job. His attention quickly switches to observing his room, which he finds very ordinary but a bit small, and a framed magazine clipping of a woman in fur hanging up on the wall. Gregor briefly examines his new body, but wonders only momentarily about what has happened to him. Gregor Samsa wakes up to find that he has been transformed into a giant insect. ![]()
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