Part I
Gregor's catalog of grievances against his job — constant travel, bad food, fleeting acquaintances — a portrait of modern alienated labor.
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Kafka literalizes alienated labor and existential isolation through Gregor's vermin body, making the metaphor of being treated like an insect into physical fact.
Part II
Gregor hidden under the sofa with a sheet so his sister won't have to see him — his self-erasure to spare others.
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Gregor's room becomes a storage closet for junk, the family treating him as already-disposed-of refuse.
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