or the sake of his family, for they depended on his income to live. He has inhibited his wish to be free of his job, and in that light, his transformation seems to be an oblique fulfillment of his wish that had been repressed. The job is now out of the question, but Gregor refuses to believe himself responsible even as he feels guilt. This is the content of the story from the perspective of the protagonist. The content is given at face value, since all happenings are from the protagonists perspective and the reader tends to accept that perspective as his own. This gives an introspective slant to the unfolding of the story.
Still, Gregor does think of the fact that his condition rules out his professed intention to continue at his hated job. He wishes to be left in peace by his family, which accords perfectly well with his previously inhibited thought of abandoning his duties. His physical change is, thus, a fulfillment of his wish for seclusion and irresponsibility; making it the abandonment of his family that he had denied in thought. Gregor is mentally harmonious when he wishes to be left in peace, but immediately thereafter his mind "covers up" once again.
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