In the short story The Metamorphosis Gregor and Grete are brother and sister. While Gregor worked to support himself and his family his sister Grete stays home. In the story you can tell that Gregor truly cares for his younger sister Grete. If Gregor did not care for Grete he simply would have not went out of his way to support his family. In the beginning of the story Gregor is the main one taking care of the family financially. However, after the incident of Gregor turning into an insect he was not able to work his job as a salesman. That’s where the positions reversed in the story; Grete took it upon herself to take care of her brother and also have a job to pick up where Gregor left off. Everyday Grete brings Gregor his food and cleans up after him. Time goes on and Gregor is seen as an annoyance to Grete and the family, and they start to believe that their life would be much better without him. Grete gets to where her responsibilities to Gregor are slacking. The relationship between Gregor and Grete is important to the story line and theme of the story. Franz Kafka does a great job on how the characters attitude shifts while maintain focus on the main problem. In the story Gregor stays the same despite the fact of his transformation. However, Grete and the mother and father’s attitude changes greatly over the course of the story.
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