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First Attempt: This passages displays the new life of Gregor Samsun. Because of the new changes in his life it appears that the memories and people in his life begin to mean less to him than they did originally. Before the passage begins Gregor changes his mind concerning the whereabouts of his furniture. His references to his sister and Mother appear to be detached while when he mentions his furniture and past life it is with detail. Nearing the end of the passage, Gregor, describes the action of his mother, however he refers to her as being his sisters mother instead of his. This contrast with his possessive reaction towards his picture, he react more fondly toward his picture then his mother. The final sentence also displays his new aversion to his family because of his reaction to Grete when she attempts to take his picture. This reaction to his sister who he was previously very fond of portrays his new inhuman nature.

Second attempt: As Gregor’s room is being emptied of all the furniture, his recollections of the past and his brief reference to his mother and sister display his inhuman and bug like nature: “They were clearing his room out; taking away everything he loved; the chest in which he kept his jigsaw and other tools was already dragged off; they were now loosening the desk which had almost sunk into the floor, the desk at which he had done all his homework when he was at the commercial academy, at the secondary school before that, and, yes, even at the primary school-he he no more time to waste in weighing the good intentions of the two women, whose existence he had by now almost forgotten…” As Gregor’s mother and sister remove all the furnishings from his room Gregor’s sense of his own inhuman nature are recognized and his nostalgic memories display the contrast with his earlier bug like mentality. Kafka’s use of long sentence structures demonstrates Gregor’s connecting thoughts and how be becomes lost in them. Because of Gregor’s deep and lasting thoughts about his old life are detailed and direct we can understand that this desk was important, this object that will forever remain part of his old life hold great importance to Gregor. The fact that his mind is completely absorbed by his old writing desk and then “by now almost forgotten” his mother and sister is a very important detail. From this short statement we can see that Gregor no longer considers himself part of the family because of his physical appearance. When Gregor next speaks of his sister and mother he identifies them as the two women. This title that Gregor applies to his family members makes them appear not to be that important to him. Gregor new form has so completely change his that his connections toward his family have changed and now only the concrete things in his past are of any value to him.