man who worked so hard now suffers in silence Gregor s Duty and Our Respect Even after his change Gregor still worries about his work He says Oh God what a strenuous career it is that I ve chosen He worries about the five o clock train and about his boss He even thinks about paying his parents debts This shows his duty-loving heart As readers we respect him His body is broken but his mind is full of responsibility This makes us admire his sacrifice and also feel pain that his love is not returned Gregor s Strange Voice and Our Sadness When his mother knocks on the door Gregor answers Kafka says Gregor was shocked when he heard his own voice His words are no longer human His family cannot understand him We as readers feel sadness because he is still human inside but cannot express his heart His separation from his mother Father and Sister Grete affects us strongly We feel the tragedy of a man who wants love but cannot reach it Family Fear and Our Anger When the Chief Clerk visits Gregor tries to explain He says I ll open up immediately just a moment I m slightly unwell His family cannot understand him Again he fails to open the door Somehow with his mouth he opens the door His mother faints his sister cries the Clerk runs away and his father drives him back into the room with the Clerk s stick Readers feel anger and shock here Gregor only wants to save his job for his family But his family treats him as a danger His personality becomes powerless Our hearts feel the cruelty of rejection His suffering makes us question human love itself Gregor s Silent Love and Our Tears Grete brings him food to eat on an old newspaper Kafka says She brought him a whole selection of things all spread out on an old newspaper Gregor eats quietly and hides under the couch He loves his sister and thinks of her dream of music He does not hate his family even when they reject him As readers we feel deep sympathy and tears His selfless personality shows silent sacrifice His lonely death becomes the most painful effect on our hearts Gregor s transformation is more than a body change His personality duty helplessness loneliness and sacrifice touch the reader s heart We feel pity in his helplessness respect in his duty sadness in his silence anger at his family and tears in his death His life shows the pain of modern man The audience cannot escape the emotional effect of Gregor s transformation