Gregor Samsa awakes one morning to two problems: he is running late for work, and has somehow been inexplicably transformed into a giant insect. Kafka's strange, existentialist story about this man and his family is as saddening as it is entertaining. He examines human nature in a very real, gritty way, with the intention of keeping this imaginary scenario as real as possible. As the tale goes on, Gregor suffers from increasingly worse treatment by his own family members, who begin to resent him and feel disgusted by him because of his transformed state. Kafka does a fantastic job of examining and conveying the human psyche as he paints this into a seemingly real event. He touches on various aspects as to why Gregor's transformation is not only disgusting and frightening to his family, but also detrimental; as a giant bug, he can no longer be the sole provider for the family. Gregor's condition deteriorates along with his family's care for him. Kafka's character and story construction are fantastic, and he manages to show us each character as they undergo an individual metamorphosis, brought about by Gregor's condition.