He cannot even stand up for what he believes to be right, such as the idea of sending his sister to the Conservatory to play the violin, something that "would come up in conversations with his sister, but always merely as a beautiful dream which was not supposed to come true, and his parents were not happy to hear even these innocent allusions" (27). ... As Gregor's life is spent in servitude to his family, his lack of independence is revealed, and he withers away into a disgusting bug, embodying the idea that complete dependence is repulsive. ... She was "no longer considering what...

• Word Count: 1920
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Franz Kafka said, "My writing was all about you; all I did there, after all, was to bemoan what I could not bemoan upon your breast." ... Kafka knew that the family had to want its independence from Gregor but still guiltless in attaining it; the only way to make this work was to make Gregor repulsive to them. ...

• Word Count: 1834
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School