the sad life story of gregor samsa who devotes all his life to his work and his family. his family "loves" him very much as they need him in terms of money, they see him as the source of money. he gets up very early in the morning to catch the first train and he comes back to home by the last one. he works all day long to earn money for his family. yet his family ignores him after he turns into a huge insect.