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Gregor Samsa is a travelling salesman who wakes up one morning to realize that he been transformed from a human being to a 'monstrous vermin'. He reflects back on his life, his work, his relationship with his family and his employer, and he realizes that each relationship he has been a part of has been fake. He feels responsible for his family but he does not receive any gratitude from them. The alienation is unbearable and irreversible. His life will either have to change drastically or he will stay victim of his own existential anxiety. 'The Metamorphosis' is a novel about the constant battle between the society's evil powers and every person's will to fight back.