The Metamorphosis

by Franz Kafka

“Why don’t I keep sleeping for a little while longer and forget all this foolishness?”

He felt himself included once again in the circle of humanity and was expecting from both the doctor and the locksmith, without differentiating between them with any real precision, splendid and surprising results.

Perhaps his sister also wanted to spare them what was possibly only a small grief, for they were really suffering quite enough already.

In this overworked and exhausted family who had time any longer to worry about Gregor more than was absolutely necessary?

But how can it be Gregor? If it were Gregor, he would have long ago realized that a life among human beings is not possible for such a creature and would have gone away voluntarily.

But this animal plagues us.