The Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka Essay, Research Paper

Page 538 ?As Gregor Samsa awake one morning

from a troubled dream, he found himself changed in his bed to some monstrous

kind of vermin.? The narrator says this about how Gregor found out

he was a bug.

Page 539 ?The next train went at seven;

to catch it he must hurry madly, and his collection of samples was not

packed;? The narrator says this describing how Gregor, despite being

a bug, still wants to go to work.?

Page 577 ?He?s lying there, absolutely

dead as a doornail.? The charwoman says this to the rest of the family

announcing Gregor?s death.

Page 577 ?We can thank God for that!?

Herr Samsa says this in response to the news that his son just died.