- The ordinary world isn’t displayed typically in Metamorphosis. In this story, our idea of the characters “ordinary world” is actually unordinary for him. We are thrown into the confusion and chaos that Gregor is suddenly going through and only understand his life beforehand through his thought process (such as how he hates his boss and being a salesman, ect). This “ordinary” world turns into the “call to adventure” when suddenly another force comes into the plot. Mr. Manager forces Gregor from his ordinary world (laying in bed as a bug) to beginning his adventure (getting out of bed and exposing himself). From here on out Gregor must figure out why he has turned into a bug and how he is going to transform back into a human.
- I felt like I saw some social issues presented in Metamorphosis. One was the relationship between boss and employee. Gregor never missed a day of work, never went out at night and worked very hard yet still got reprimanded by his boss. Mr. Manager came to his house because Gregor was late, demanding an explanation as if Gregor was a completely inferior being. Gregor’s well-being was not a concern at all. This shows that maybe at the time this story had taken place employees were treated a lot harsher than they are now.
Another thing was the relationship between the son and his family. It was as if Gregor was he sole provider for his family, which is something you don’t see too often now.
Metamorphosis also relates to the “Red Scare” in a way because people were afraid of Communists even when their was no actual threat, just like Gregors family and boss now fear him although he is not imposing a threat either, in reality he is just as scared.
- Greogor turns into a very large bug that I believe is a cockroach.
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