What happens if one day you wake up in your bed and recognize that you have transformed into a giant insect? I think it could be the most terrible and unforgettable day of your life. “He lay on his armour-like back… His many legs, pitifully thin compared to the stature of the rest of his body, waved helplessly as he looked,” “What happened to me?” (Kafka) Gregor Samsa thought: he turns into a "horrible parasite" (Kafka). This is the short paragraph from the book "The Metamorphosis" by the author Franz Kafka. So, the book tells the story of Gregor, who works as a traveling salesman, wakes up one morning in his bed and recognizes that he is no longer a human being: he is now a horrible parasite. When he tries to adapt to his new body, he discovers that before Gregor transformed into a giant insect, Gregor is a commoner, has a human body, has a house and goes to work like anyone else in the world. Furthermore, he can communicate with people and no one hates or is afraid of his human body. After the transformation, Gregor's life turns into a major turning point: becoming a giant insect. According to Kafka, "One morning, when Gregor Samsa awoke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin."() Gregor is no longer a human being. , so it has an insect-like body with front wings like armor in the back, brown belly, many thin legs, etc. "Did you hear how Gregor was talking just now?" “It was the voice of an animal,” said the office manager;”(Kafka) After the transformation, Gregor's voice changes from a human voice to an insect voice. Furthermore, when Gregor opens the door and tries to say something, his family members and even his boss are shocked and scared about his new life. In his previous life, he can go to work, he can talk, he can communicate with people, and he also can live a normal life like every person, but when he turns into a giant insect, he lost almost everything he had, like his human body, his voice, a chance for his new life, he lost the love of a family member for him, and he also lost his
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