Gregor injures himself when he squeezes back through the doorway into his bedroom. But no one understands the speech, his family is shocked at his appearance, and the Chief Clerk runs away. Gregor finally opens his door with difficulty and gives the Chief Clerk a long speech about his dutifulness to his job. His boss, the Chief Clerk, arrives, and scolds him for his tardiness and strange behavior, even suggesting that his job might be in danger. His mother, father, and sister Grete realize something's amiss and knock at his door, but he finds he can't produce human speech and also can't open the door. He realizes he's missed his train, and gets acquainted with his awkward new body as he worries about his stressful salesman job. Each book includes discussion questions that help clarify and reinforce major themes and reading recommendations for further research.Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman, wakes up one morning and discovers that he's transformed into a giant cockroach (or some similar oversized, insect-like vermin). A work in which, in the words of Vladimir Nabokov, “contrast and unity, style and matter, manner and plot are most perfectly integrated.”Įnriched Classics enhance your engagement by introducing and explaining the historical and cultural significance of the work, the author’s personal history, and what impact this book had on subsequent scholarship. One of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction, The Metamorphosis is a harrowing yet absurdly comic meditation on inadequacy, guilt, and isolation. The story of Gregor Samsa, a young man who, after transforming overnight into a giant, beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, and a quintessentially alienated man. So begins The Metamorphosis, one of the most recognizable opening lines in literature.
When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work. Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary.
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