Part I
Gregor's interior monologue about his exhausting job: "Oh God, what a grueling job I've picked!" He stays only to pay off his parents' debt.
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From Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Gregor is a dutiful traveling salesman supporting his family, whose transformation externalizes his sense of being used and dehumanized by labor and familial obligation.
Part I
The chief clerk arrives to interrogate Gregor's absence; Gregor's attempt to speak comes out as animal sounds, severing him from human communication.
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Gregor crawls on walls and ceiling, beginning to enjoy his new body, marking his drift away from humanity.
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