The book Metamorphosis, written by Franz Kafka, is based on the views of existentialism. One of these main views is alienation, which is demonstrated by Gregor's social life, his relationship with his family, and the way he lives his life after the metamorphosis. .
Gregor is alienating himself from society. Gregor goes on many trips for his job, and instead of going out to meet people, he stays at the motel and does nothing. For this reason Gregor doesn't have a friend or a girlfriend that he can find support in. He follows the same routine everyday of his life and fails to look ahead into the future. By secluding himself like this, Gregor's life becomes like the life of a beetle. It is for this reason that he transforms into this creature.
Although Gregor doesn't realize it, the relationship between him and his family is not good. Gregor is taking over his father's responsibilities leaving nothing for Gregor's father to be responsible for. At the same time, Gregor is making plans to send his sister to a good school, but he fails to discuss this idea with her. To make things worse, Gregor even goes as far as to lock his own bedroom doors at night. He thinks that his family is content with what he is doing, but the only thing that Gregor accomplishes is to alienate himself from his family. .
Gregor's life as a cockroach is no different than his life as a human. Whenever Gregor tries to communicate with someone, the only thing that comes out of his mouth are cockroach noises that scare his family, and his appearance causes his family to not want be around him. His sister tries to take care of him, but eventually she becomes weary of this never ending task and forgets about him. Gregor is once again alienated from his family and the rest of society.
Throughout the entire story, Gregor is almost like a total stranger to everyone. His family is very unhappy while he is taking care of them, Gregor barely has any contact with the rest of society, and the metamorphosis causes his family to not want to even be around him at all.
