The Metamorphosis

Novel | Franz Kafka

How Does Gregor Entertain Himself?

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How does Gregor entertain himself NU In Franz Kafka s The Metamorphosis Gregor Samsa lives inside his room after his change into a vermin He cannot go outside He cannot work To pass the time he finds small ways of entertainment These acts show his lonely but human heart Enjoying Food Brought by Grete At first Gregor enjoys the food his sister Grete brings him She tests his taste Kafka says She brought him a whole selection of things all spread out on an old newspaper He enjoys rotten vegetables bones with sauce and cheese more than fresh food He hides under the couch and eats quietly This eating becomes a kind of entertainment for him It connects him to his sister even when his mother and father stay away Crawling on Walls and Ceiling Gregor slowly learns to enjoy movement in his room He climbs the walls and even

the ceiling Kafka says He was especially fond of hanging from the ceiling He feels free in this strange way His sister Grete sees this and removes furniture to give him space But when his mother enters and sees him on the wall she faints Even with this fear Gregor finds crawling as his personal entertainment It is his only joy inside the Samsa house Listening to Grete s Music Gregor s greatest entertainment comes from listening to Grete s violin He forgets his insect body while hearing her play He wants to support her dream of music This shows his human soul The sound of the violin is his highest joy even when his father and mother reject him Gregor Samsa entertains himself in small ways He enjoys food from Grete he crawls on walls and ceilings in his room and he listens to his sister s violin These entertainments show his loneliness his human feelings and his deep love for Grete

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