In “The Metamorphosis”, Gregor refuses to face the reality of his situation, instead choosing to remain in denial about his family life and to an extent, his metamorphosis into a bug, resulting in his eventual death. He maintains an illusion for himself of a loving family, essentially living life in a daze, a constant daydream of a better reality that gets him through the day. This allows him to rationalize working a job he hates, paying off his fathers debt, his father stealing money from him, his boss not appreciating him, and not having a social life. Gregor’s reality is that he is lonely and unloved, but since he could not deal with this as a human, he was forced to work out his issues as a bug.

Help this is so relatable although this was written a CENTURY ago. I read this while my room was locked and the realization I'm lonely af is WILD