Gregor's Transformation In The Metamorphosis

From the very opening in The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, it portrays how Gregor genuinely cares for his family. He is shown to be a person who works hard for his family in a job that he detest, and receives little recognition for all his work. He wants the best for each one of them although they appear to do very little for themselves. Gregor desperately wants to be loved and accepted by his family. Throughout the book Kafka shows how Gregor and his family have a transformation not only physically but emotionally and possibly mentally. But by Gregor’s transformation into a cockroach the loyalty, empathy and love of the family are tested. Gregor is rejected from his family and Kafka makes it seem like there is no such thing as unconditional love. Throughout most of his life Gregor lived a life of giving and never receiving anything in return to the point where his family’s cruelty killed him.
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For example Gregor transformed into an actual cockroach but he didn’t notice or didn’t care because he was always just a bug to his family and it’s sad because Gregor was okay with it. Treating someone with no respect or love will have them thinking they’re not worthy of it. Gregor made so many sacrifices for his family but they never took notice or appreciated it. This shows how farther away he is drifting from the human society and from his family’s love and loyalty.
The Metamorphosis was a good example of that phrase treat people they way you want to be treated because if you isolate or reject them love. They’ll change into someone they aren’t and eventually they’ll “die” not literally but the person they were before will die like Gregor he was just so desperate for his family’s love and acceptance that when he didn’t have it. He sacrificed himself for them one last time and died. We should love and accept people for who they are and cherish