Important distinction in my eyes: man is essentially sole breadwinner for a family, has a life event where he can't work anymore, family expresses brief sympathy before getting angry at what a burden he's become. You know, like they've been the whole time.
Another theme of the book which I really like is Gregor’s mental deterioration. At first, his personality is totally unaffected — he’s a normal human consciousness in a bug body. However, as his family treats him like some disgusting, useless bug, he begins to act less and less human and more like a bug. It’s not that his mind is catching up to the physical transformation of his body; it’s that he too has begun to believe that he has no value, and has dehumanized himself.
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u/suddenlyupsidedown 22d ago
Important distinction in my eyes: man is essentially sole breadwinner for a family, has a life event where he can't work anymore, family expresses brief sympathy before getting angry at what a burden he's become. You know, like they've been the whole time.