![]() Gregor's mother eventually begs to see him, but the others hold her back even though she begs to be let in. Gregor's parents do not come into his room, and his sister reports on his activities to them after she cleans the room every day. When he realizes how much his appearance must upset her, Gregor figures out a way to cover himself with a sheet so that she cannot see him at all while she is in the room. His sister runs through his room every time she comes in so as to open the window, as if she cannot stand to be in the room with him without the window open. But he finds that his vision is getting worse, so that he can no longer make out the houses in his street. Gregor enjoys looking out the window, as he finds this reminds him of how much he used to enjoy looking out the window before his metamorphosis. Every time money is mentioned, Gregor feels extremely ashamed. It was not enough to live on for more than two years at most, and should be reserved for an emergency. Gregor knows that he could have used the money to pay off the debt to his chief and leave his job earlier, but he agrees that his father's planning was best since it now left the family with some money. From listening to their conversations, Gregor learns that in addition to money left over from his father's business, the family had also saved a good deal of Gregor's salary that had been put aside. Gregor has to watch his movements very carefully, because if he makes any noise, his family will hear through the door and will become concerned. He retained a strong bond only with his sister, and wanted to use the money he made to send her to the Conservatory to study the violin. He remembers those times happily, but also recalls that after the initial happiness, the family became used to having him provide for them. When his father's business has fallen apart, he had thrown himself into his work and advanced in his job so as to be able to provide for his family. His father explained the financial situation to the family, and would occasionally use money he had saved from his old business, which had collapsed. The cook, finding out about Gregor's metamorphosis, begs to be allowed to leave and is dismissed.įrom listening to conversations, Gregor discovers that his family doesn't eat much. The family discusses him a lot, especially since there are always at least two people at home since no one wants to be left alone with him in the apartment. He has to learn everything only by listening to conversations taking place outside his door. No one talks to Gregor because they assume that he cannot understand what they say. His sister continues feeding him after that at times when his parents were asleep and the servant girl was away. ![]() His sister returns, throws away everything he didn't eat, and leaves, while Gregor hides under the couch despite the discomfort (his body is swollen from eating) in order to spare her the unpleasantness of having to see all of him. She leaves and Gregor comes out, discovering that he cannot eat fresh food at all, but only the spoiled cheese and vegetables. Instead, she brings various items to see which of them he will eat. Gregor's sister comes in and, seeing he is under the sofa, takes away the milk. He considers that he must do his best to help the family deal with the current predicament. Realizing that he feels uncomfortable in the center of his room, Gregor climbs under the couch. He hears the doors to his room being opened and quickly shut, and decides to try to persuade someone to come in the next time this happens, but the doors are kept locked now and no one will enter. Gregor notices that his father is not reading the paper out loud to the family as usual and there is complete silence in the apartment. He discovers, however, that he finds milk repulsive and cannot drink it. Suddenly Gregor smells food, which his sister had left for him, near the door and moves toward it, discovering that it contains bread floating in milk, which used to be his favorite drink. He realizes that his body is badly bruised from being shoved through the door earlier that day. ![]() At twilight Gregor wakes up, believing that he heard the noise of someone entering and leaving his room.
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