Ch. 3 questions

1. Gregor’s family was selfish when he needed them because they felt as if Gregor was hopeless and could not be helped in his situation. The more they took care of him and seen that he was not changing back they realized that Gregor may not ever be turned back to a human and that it was too much to take care of him in the condition he is in.

3. When the family moved the furniture around was probably to try to give him more space to move around. I don’t think they were trying to kill him faster because Grete was trying to make sure he got food and something to drink still. I also don’t think they knew Gregor now had the actual life of a bug and maybe even the lifespan as a bug.

4. Gregor’s family may blame him for their situation because he was the one that brought in money so they could buy food and pay their servants. When he couldn’t work anymore it was like he was useless and they now had no way of paying for the things they had now except for the little money they had set aside. Now they feel as if they have to take care of everything but before they had no worries because Gregor took care of everything.

5. Gregor feels depressed because he thought that his family would accept him in this new form. He would do the same if one of the other members was a bug. He probably feels as if they only took care of him for that time because they had to but now they feel it s a hassle and it takes too much from them.

7a. Gregor’s family stops believing he is the bug because he does not communicate with them when he is able to. The family just feels that it is a monster and that Gregor could never be such a thing. When Grete tried to take care of him, he should have tried to make contact with her instead of running under the couch it may have saved the relationship that he did have with the family.

8. The family is able to move on so quickly after Gregor’s death because they had given up on him a long time ago and also they believed that the bug living in his room was not him. Grete felt as if Gregor had left and a bug took his place, she may feel this way because she was scared of him when she seen what he really was.

10. Grete may have called Gregor a monster since he did not try to make contact with them and she began to think that it was just a bug. The more she took care of him the more she felt that she was just taking care of a bug and not her brother.

13. This chapter I think satirizes the American families today because when families get together for dinner they usually do not talk a lot to each other. This may be why families are not as close as families from different era’s. Talking to each other creates a strong bond and when families do not talk as much they may be shocked when they find new information out about one of their family members.


15. I think Gregor’s feelings are more humane now because he has a chance to really think about how people really feel and how they react to different situations they are exposed to. Since Gregor feels he can not talk to his family he can only process the way they feel about him and what they say about him.

17. I think Gregor still loves his family because that’s all he has in his life. He had no love life and no social life all he had was his family and when they start to give up on him, he still thinks that they are all he has. The family may not realize it but all they have is each other and may one day regret doing this to Gregor.