I think that there are several reasons that the author chose to make Gregor in the form of a giant insect. One of the reasons is that of course, giant insects can be seen as gross and appalling. Kafka knew that by making the protagonist into a generally enjoyable kind of creature, he would really be showing the amount of trouble that the family is going through trying to care for him. It really tested them, to the point where they ended up giving up the idea of trying to care for him, calling him a monster. I think that this really reflects on how Kafka views family life.
The other reason that I think that Kafka chose to make Gregor into a giant insect is something that we really talked about in the first blog, about how Gregor could have compared himself to an insect. How he was always working, with no fun or play, and was always working for his parents, exactly like an insect.
I can't quite say for sure why Franz Kafka choose to make a beetle or roach for the giant insect. I would like to say that he did that because those are usually the most disguisting kind of insects around. When we see them, we just want to get away from them and even kill them. As the author, I think he really just wanted to build off of that concept. The Samsa family reacted how we usually do, with apalled faces, and even fainting. That's how they reacted to the "changed" Gregor. I only say "changed" in quotations because really the only thing that changed about him was his actual appearance. We the readers saw that even though he in his mind was thinking the same way. The only reason for the family members to react strangely was his appearance. While there may be several reasons for him to choose to make him into a beetle, I believe that he really did it to show that even though people may look different, they are the same.
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