s dead just lying there stone dead No one is beside him His death is lonely and full of pain It is the final proof of his alienation and dehumanization Family s Rejection and Alienation Gregor suffers alienation inside his own house His father drives him back violently His mother avoids him His sister Grete finally says We have to try and get rid of it The family stops calling him a son or brother They call him it This language shows complete alienation He is no longer part of his family Social Isolation and Neglect Gregor also feels alienated from society The Chief Clerk runs away in fear when he sees him Later the family locks Gregor in his room His sister Grete pushes food with her foot When the three lodgers see him during Grete s violin playing they complain and refuse to stay Even the cleaning maid mocks him and treats him like dirt Kafka projects alienation through this neglect and isolation Gregor dies silently in his room His alienation is shown by his family s rejection society s fear and his lonely death Kafka uses Gregor s metamorphosis as a symbol of human loneliness and the cruelty of modern life