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"When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin" (433) it is apparent that Kafka meant something underneath the surface. Awakening from unsettling dreams could mean awakening from an uneasy, labored life by quitting it all. His transformation could mean how society can compare him to a cockroach for his giving up on them and treat him as if he was less than human. In reading Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka one could presume the theme to be a criticism of society. Throughout this story Kafka shows how society can be split into different sections. In reading this first portion of the story one would be led to believe that Kafka is making a statement of how the working man feels that his life, and others would be in jeopardy if he were to stop working. It is clear why Gregor gave up working for his family when he turns the key to the door and says "They should have called, keep going, at that lock, harder, harder!'" (440) what he needed were words of encouragement, words he never received. This could believably be a metaphor that the working people in society are way overworked, and get very little respect f