for financial support His sister Grete also benefits from his hard work However they don t appreciate his efforts When Gregor turns into an insect and can no longer work his family rejects him This is a sad part of Gregor s life Transformation into a Vermin When Gregor turns into an insect his tragedy becomes even worse He is no longer part of society or even his family His family becomes distant and neglectful At first his sister Grete helps him but soon she gets tired She says We have to try and get rid of it She stops seeing him as her brother and starts calling him it She decides they must get rid of Gregor This is a heartbreaking moment The family rejects him It shows how alone he has become Gregor s Death The story ends with Gregor s death He dies alone in his room The cleaner shouts It s dead just lying there stone dead His family doesn t mourn his death Instead they feel relieved They quickly move on and start planning a better life without Gregor This is the cruelest part of the story Gregor gave everything for his family but when he was no longer useful they left him behind Comic Elements Strange and Humorous Opening The Novella The Metamorphosis starts with a strange and funny event Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning and finds that he has turned into a giant insect This is very odd and surprising Kafka writes One morning when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin This line is funny Gregor discovers his transformation But he doesn t scream or panic The idea of a man turning into a bug is ridiculous Insect Body After turning into an insect Gregor s reaction is not what we would expect He doesn t panic or cry Instead he worries about being late for work He is more concerned about his job than his new insect body His attempts to get out of bed are funny He struggles with his many tiny legs and tries to move but it s difficult The narrator describes how Gregor becomes used to his insect body in a way that is both tragic and funny Kafka says He was especially fond of hanging from the ceiling This shows how Gregor becomes comfortable with his new insect form which is humorous Interactions with Family The way Gregor s family reacts to his transformation also has comic moments When Gregor s father sees him he tries to push Gregor back into his room using a cane and a newspaper This scene is both sad and funny The Metamorphosis is both tragic and comic Gregor s suffering his family s rejection and his death bring tears Yet the strange images absurd events and irony make us laugh Kafka unites pain and humor brilliantly