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In lines 139-143, Gregory's confusion of his own body acts as symbolism showing that his current mind set isn't normal as he can no longer even recognize himself.

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Kathy Le: Gregor is transforming into what seems  to be a bug. I think that because of this change he has to adapt to it, and it will be difficult for him. He is afraid that his family will not accept him for what he has turned into. 

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Kathy Le: Gregor is transforming into what seems  to be a bug. I think that because of this change he has to adapt to it, and it will be difficult for him. He is afraid that his family will not accept him for what he has turned into. 

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In lines 43-46, the narrator states, "Other traveling salesmen live a life of luxury... these gentlemen are always still sitting there eating breakfast. I ought to just try that with my boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot". This shows how the narrator feels powerless and small against his boss, like an insect. This reflects the narrator's transformation into an insect.

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In lines 156-157, "sighing and watching his puny legs struggle against each other." It depicts Gregor's state of dreaming or hallucination, especially when he references from the outside world through his window or when he describes himself having insect body parts instead of a human body.

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On page 94, Gregor continuously complains and doesn't try to find any solutions to his problems. He has been doing the same boring job for the last 15 years, but is too scared to try to find a better job. This demonstrates that if one doesn't take any action, nothing will change.

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Throughout the story, his mentality is human however his physical body is not (it's and insect). This serves as a blessing because he is relieved of his duties of work and he can live his life. However, it is also a curse as he is now a burden on his family, this causes him to be internally conflicted.

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In lines 267-268, Gregor questions his sister's concern for his well-being as he thinks that she only cares because he is her main source of money. This reveals that Gregor's family neglects Gregor's feelings and only values him for his job.

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Gregor's family react badly and are in shock when they see how Gregor has changed. Not to mention, even Gregor himself just continues to complain and not do anything to try to accept his change. This demonstrates how change is not easily accepted.

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Gregor shows on example of building walls from the Chinese Proverb because when Gregor was changed into a vermin, instead of embracing the change , he goes in denial and ignores the situation. This creates the many problems he faced in the story, such as the conflict he had with his supervisor.

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Gregor is desperate for change because of his attitude toward his boss and his hate for traveling and meeting different people but cannot change and must work for his family to pay off their debt.

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On lines 160-164 the narrator states "it was not possible for him to stay in bed..(and) he did not forget to remind himself...calm consideration was much better than...desperate conclusions." This indicates that although the narrator describes extreme anguish towards his job previously, he understands the importance for him to continue doing his job and how to handle situations through reasonable thinking.These lines indicate the narrator is a logical thinker, a hard worker, and a persistent person.

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On line 125, Gregor tries to give himself peace of mind by calling his transformation a ¨serious cold¨ and by returning his focus back to his job. By his calm nature, he seems to not take his transformation seriously. In some ways, he is building walls for the blowing wind of change because he is in denial.  He does not want to accept the fact that he is an insect, proving he is not accepting of change.

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As Gregor spends a great deal of his life doing the same thing over and over again, he resists change (also trying to resist change in his parents' lives for the worse). However, with the sudden transformation into a cockroach, he seems to quickly accept it so that he can attempt to prevent the loss of his work position (resisting change)

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Gregor places a great burden upon himself and his stress begins to take a toll on his mind. In his room he is safe and isolated physically and mentally from his old life.

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The bug may represent Gregor's true identity and he is revealing his true self to his family.

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Gregor's choices were made based on how people would react to his change. He is unable to properly make decisions of his own since he is hindered by expectations that he is expected of.

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In lines 357-360, Gregory is slowly becoming alienated from humanity, his family and society since "they couldn't understand his words anymore".

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Although Gregor physically "deteriorates" into a cockroach, Kafka titled this novella "Metamorphosis." This is because Gregor grows to discover the truth about his well-being as a worker. He comes to a realization that his work is limiting his happiness, opportunities, and growth.

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Gregor felt that the world was squashing him, and that it wasn't fair. It shows why his change to an insect made him calmer, since he became what he felt, accepting it.

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When Gregor is transformed into an insect, he struggles to accept the change that has affected him. However, he tries to ignore his transformation because of his fear about his discovering his true form.

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Samsa realizes that the amount of work that he put in his job did not equal the amount that he received, which prompts him to  tell his boss his truthful opinion. This is an example of his character development: realizing how corrupt his job is and willing to stand up against it.

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Gregor is a stressed individual because he feels pressure to keep his job to the point where he disregards his current inhuman state in order to keep working.

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When Gregor changes into an insect, his mundane life changes with it. However, he doesn't let his appearances affect his human responsibilities.

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Gregor Samsa accepts his physical change into an insect but refuses to leave his human responsibilities as he worries about work. This conveys how in the face of change, he accepts what he has become, but tries to retain his human nature and life through building walls.

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On page 100, Gregor's attitude towards his sister is soft while on page 102, his attitude shifts to defensive as he argues rambunctiously to his worker. This shift reveals his annoyance towards the difficulty his insect form is forcing upon him, which is an action of building walls because he doesn't accept those difficulties.

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Gregor's transition to his new body symbolizes the isolation in his life. He only had work and his family, but after his new body is revealed to his family and chief clerk, they reject him. This shows how he continues to become isolated from other people.

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Although Gregor is a vermin, he continues to think like a human. He doesn't understand the pain he experiences when he tries to do normal things, which demonstrates that his human consciousness is harming rather than helping him.

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In lines 90-98, Gregor's is in pain and his voice becomes slightly different but his mother doesn't notice when he talks through the door. The pain signifies that his body is transforming into a bug.  He is unsure of what to do about his body changing.

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In the beginning of the story, Gregor depicted by his family and co workers as a workaholic, however he hates his job. Gregor hides behind a mask pretending to love what he actually dreads. Now he is transformed into his true self.

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Gregory changed into a bug but has done nothing to deserve it. Although different, Gregory accepts his new form and continue to change his mindset. This demonstrates that we don't have control of change ,but we do have control of how we let it affect us. We can "build walls" or "windmills."

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Because Gregory is forced to pay his parents' debt, voiding him of his own freedom, he begins to feel trapped. However, he makes no efforts to change his unsatisfactory situation.

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The main character has low social standing and is stepped on by his boss and parents. His life style is similar to a cockroach's, since a cockroach also lives its life being stepped on and being considered a lowlife. His transformation reflects his social standing and how he lives his life.

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The chief clerk's threat on Gregor's career, lead Gregor to change his character to be more talkative and protective about his business because he doesn't want a bad reputation on his name. This shows how reputation or career can be an important factor on why people change.

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Although Gregor appears to be building walls by locking himself in the bedroom, he seems ready for change. Despite his transformation, Gregor continues with his regular routine like nothing happens. This emphasizes how he's "building windmills" and adapting to the situation.

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In lines 270, Gregor remains concerned about ordinary problems such as losing his job or failing his family rather than the fact that he has transformed into a bug. Such reaction demonstrates how Gregor remain

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In the beginning of the story, the main character wakes up and sees that he has now transformed into an insect. He is scared and uncomfortable of his change which shows that he dislikes change.

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The idea of mind versus the body causes a conflict between the mind of a human body that struggles to control the body of an insect. But as his body begins to limit what his mind can do, Gregor increasingly become more of an insect.

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Throughout the story, Gregor is coming to the steady realisation that his job treats him unfairly and that it's, overall, a dead end. His metamorphosis into becoming a "vermin" displayed the dehumanization his job forced upon him and how he ultimately saw himself.

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In lines 80-84, Gregor suddenly feels too unwell to work, his physical changes seemingly affecting his mental state as well.

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In lines 123-126, Gregor is in denial that his physical form is changing into a a cockroach. He builds a wall pushing out the thought that he is becoming one and blames it on a "serious cold," showing how he's not able to accept the fact that something so outrageous happened to him.

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Throughout the story, the Gregor feels devoted to go to work, although in the back of his mind, he really doesn't want to. His transformation into a cockroach shows how he feels and how he is treated.

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By inference, at the end of the story, Gregor Samsa has been from being shocked in the beginning to being sad in the end. Instead of the lazy, stubborn insect we saw in the beginning, we see a sad, broken man because of the rejection from his family and his boss.

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Even though change has occurred on Gregor's physical appearance, his mindset and mental state is still human. In lines 59-84, Gregor worries about what would happen to his job because of his new body. This indicates that physical change does not immediately lead to

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Gregor accepts the change of having to be the money maker in his family due to his parent's debt. He adapts by being a traveling salesman even though he hates it. This reveals his selfless and ability to change his role for his family.

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In lines 305-321, Gregory's spineless reaction contrasts his personal angry and calm demeanor that readers have observed in his thoughts. This proves that although Gregory is a passionate person, his inability to challenge change ultimately is the reason he does not enjoy his life.

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Gregor Samsa hates his boss but continues to work for him for his parents.  This shows that he really appreciates what his parents have done for him and loves them,and wants to help them pay off the debt, or was too scared to say anything back.

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In stories, inanimate objects are often personified in order to show a deeper correlation between the objects and humans. This novel however, is the opposite of personification. Gregor Samsa was transformed into a lower status of a "horrible vermin" (93). But this change into something worse than a human must show how inhumane  he feels.

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Gregor Samsa doesn't let change define who he is by continuing to live his human life and having constant concern about his job. His perspective doesn't change as dramatically

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Although Gregor has clearly transformed into something that is not human, he struggles to accept it and continues to try doing and thinking in a humane way and does not accept his change.

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The cutout magazine symbolizes  the idea of being wrapped around the struggles Gregory is dealing with. "fur hat and fur boa" refers

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lines 20-24: Gregor is unable to sleep because his inability to roll over + his new weight prevents him from staying on his side --> he is unable to adjust to a change in his sleeping position --> people must deal with the weight of change (stress, refusal of acceptance) before they can adapt to said change

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Gregor wakes up already changed as a "horrible vermin," but disregards his transformation due to the stresses of his work life. Kafka implies from this that supporting a family economically is more important than one's own health.

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As a man, Gregor accepted his role as the "business" man for his family, even though he disliked  the job. This depicts that Gregor is willing to "build a windmill" to accept this change instead of building a wall and objecting it. He does not complain and continue to face this role to provide and help out his family.

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Gregor's reputation has changed because his family and chief interpret his absence as laziness. However, he couldn't attend work because of his metamorphosis, not because of laziness. This shows how people are cynical and quick to jump to conclusions.

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Although Gregor is transformed into a bug, he does not acknowledge this serious situation and does not accept this change. Instead, Gregor pushes this situation away to worry about his job because he feels a need to prove himself to his family in order to be valued. However, Gregor does not realize that his employers have been pushing him to work to the point where it is hindering his personal life because he is so blinded by the need of his parents' acceptance.

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Gregor Samsa didn't let change define who he is by continuing to live his human life and having constant concern about his job and family. His reaction to the situation was rather calm as he progressively tried to embrace the changes.

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He woke up as a vermin, but feels not phased of what his family will think of him as the stress from his profession makes him think everyone already treats him as a vermin.

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Although Gregor took no pride as a traveling salesman, the chief clerk depicts the competitiveness in the successful world of commerce. Gregor struggled with his stressful job to support his family and they feel hurt when he is not at work. It shows how he is not staying true to himself (vermin = positive and embrace change?).

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Gregor Samsa was "unable to [sleep] because he was used to sleeping on his right" (Kafka 94). No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get into his usual position. Samsa is not an open guy when it comes to change and he is willing to do anything to revert that change.

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The transformation of Samsa reveals the true colors of others, treating him as if he was an insect. This also reveal how his

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As Gregor is unable to get off his bed, his thoughts lead him to see the distaste he had for his job, the true reason his family cares for him, and how lonely he truly is.

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In lines 270, Gregor remains concerned about losing his job or failing his family rather than the fact that he has transformed into a bug. Such reaction demonstrates how his mind easily digresses to the problems he usually would deal with in order to cope with the absurdity of his situation. He has yet to accept the fact that he is a bug.

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In lines 184-186, Gregor begins to consider his efforts to exit his bed as a game. This change in thought demonstrates the buildings of windmills as he becomes much more relaxed about missing work and decides to seize the opportunity as a vermin to enjoy it to a degree.

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In lines 10, when Gregor wakes up from his bad dream he describes his room as "a proper human room" instead of a proper room, which shows that not only has his body changed but also his perspective/mind also.

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On page 102, Gregor is struggling to get to the door, due to his physical appearance and state that he is in. Gregor needs to get out the door to keep his job to pay his parent's debt. This reveals that Gregor puts his parents before himself because no matter what state he is in right now, he is only thinking about how to keep this job for his parents.

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Gregor, in the beginning, worried that he could not support his family but his mind soon became preoccupied by his movements. This shows that his transformation is also affecting his thoughts, giving him a different view of his life, and illustrates the separation from his human self and his family.

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In lines 357-360, Gregor seems to have adapted to his transformation. He had become much calmer and could easily interpret his own words, even when his family couldn’t understand his words anymore. His acceptance of change may represent how Gregor has always felt about himself, a pest, having little to no value in the world.

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Based on the introduction of Gregor, he is seen as a dedicated hardworking salesman who puts a lot of effort into his job. However, as soon as he finds out that he transformed into a vermin, he starts having negative thoughts and feels discourage about his work life. Gregor is a man who needs motivation an a goal in his life in order to get work done.

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Though at first, Gregor Samsa builds walls by isolating himself (like he regularly does in his job) from his family by staying holed up in the secrecy of his bedroom, near the end he builds windmills by choosing to continue working despite his distaste in his occupation as well as adapt to his new body features (and limbs) to live according to his new physical limits and capabilities.

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When Gregor manages to open the door, the reactions from his mother, father and the chief clerk reflect the idea that Gregor has changed, since the disbelief and devastated reactions would not have been the same if he was the same as before.

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In lines 58-59, Gregor states that he has to get up and catch his 5AM train. What this really illuminates is that Gregor's indifference towards the fact that he is literally an insect is a result of his environment: "I must work for my family without fail". Gregor's character has completely been distorted by external influence.

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Gregor stays determined to get out of bed for the sake of keeping his job, despite failed attempts to do so. Since his family is dependent on him to pay off their debts, he  must adapt to any kind of change in order to support them.

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In lines 12-17, Kafka shows that the illustrated magazine indicates that Gregor interprets himself living in a big house with a beautiful lady instead of living with his parents and still paying of his debt from his parents.

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As Gregory transitions into the form of a vermin, he begins to reflect upon the burdens of his life (Kafka 94). He chooses to isolate himself from his family by locking his door rather than facing his challenges head on. However, hearing the voices of his family brings him into realization that his responsibilities as a human still exist. This illustrates how change allows an individual to reflect upon oneself and reveals their true characteristics.

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Gregory had physically changed into another creature, and is struggling to go to work, due to his new form. This can symbolize while change can be difficult it is not impossible for it to be overcome. In line 16 it states "The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace" meaning he just wanted to continue his day rather normally.

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Gregor's parents are blinded by money and once they find out that Gregor is a bug, they seemed more upset than worried. In addition, his parents kiss up to the chief, which suggests that they care more about Gregor's job than his overall well being.

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In lines 184-186, Gregor's exhausting movements change into a less tiring pattern. These motions demonstrates how Gregor is the type who would build windmills in response to change. Gregor showcases his ability to adapt and overcome changes as he refuses to back down to a physically daunting challenge.

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Lines 406 through 408: “his hand pressed against his open mouth… retreating as if driven by steady and invisible force” summarizes the reaction of Gregor’s family towards his transformation. Their revulsion towards his metamorphosis shows how they build walls in response to change, and as a result, reveals their true colors as thoughtless family members.

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In line 15, "fur hat and fur boa" symbolizes the idea of Gregory being wrapped around by his struggles while he was human. He contains his stress and finally transformed into a vermin, he accepts the change and takes advantage of it (by seeing good aspects of being a vermin).

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Gregor's transformation to a cockroach allows him to be free from all of his "burdens" in life at the moment. In order to cope with all the stress and pressure, he must transform himself and adapt to the situation to overcome the obstacles.

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Gregor's transformation into a cockroach represents his representation in life and how he feels unimportant. This is shown through Gregor's family's disregard of Gregor as a person and only care of the money he provides for the family.

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Calm and anxious, Gregor worries about his daily activities throughout his day more than the present situation of being a cockroach. As the family’s moneymaker, he is expected to go work to earn money. Gregor’s absence may lead to consequences that he does not desire. Changing may not be about how you look but what you can do from the change

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In lines 281-284, the chief clerk says that Gregor has barricaded himself in his own room. Gregor has figuratively built and reinforced the walls of his room, he has done this by repeating the same strenuous work schedule for a very long time, isolating himself. Gregor's job has made him into a cockroach, a vermin that is stuck in the cycle of work.

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To financially sustain his family, Gregor feels obligated to work in an occupation he dislikes. Despite his hate for this occupation, Gregor is willing to sacrifice his own happiness for his family's benefit, but they do not  to understand that and seem to take him for granted, depending on him in every situation.

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After Gregory’s transformation reveal, his parents are ashamed as his father “covered his eyes with his hands and wept” (Kafka 415). Gregory tried to escape the burdens of his everyday life, but once he tries to combat his changes by worrying about his job and opening his door, he is faced with more hardships. This signifies how it is easier to build walls since trying to adapt to changes can lead to more challenges in life.

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In lines 304-321 it indicates that Gregor is a determined and caring person because he attempted to get out of bed despite it being difficult for him so he can keep his job. He's determined to keep his job in order to pay for his parent's debt which shows that he cares for them and by saying "please, don't make my parents suffer."

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Gregor's depiction as a cockroach is symbolic to how Gregor feels worthless and undesired by society. This relates to workers during the same time period as The Metamorphosis since they are often looked down on and people only care about the money and labor they provide.

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lines 45-51, the narrator describes how he is treated by his boss and parents. "I'd get kicked out on the spot" mirrors when he turns into a pesky cockroach

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In lines 357-359, Gregor becomes calm and seems to be getting used to his new form, even saying that he could hear clearer than before. His demeanor shows he has accepted the unexpected change.

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A part of the transformation is that Gregor Samsa can clearly understand people but he is unable to communicate to them. This creates a division between him and humans since he is mostly left alone with his thoughts. Ultimately, it leads to frustration, loneliness, and the feeling of there being a separation from his family.