in any case.
Yet, in spite of the fact that Gregor clearly hates the world in which he worked, he also shows that he wants desperately to return to it. When the General Manager visits, Gregor wants to follow him to the office and resume his duties. Later, he will accept his place as an insect in a more positive way instead of the resignation that he seems to feel in the beginning. The ties to the outside world become more and more memories rather than tangible realities, and the way Kafka introduces those ties even in the beginning separates them from the new world of Gregor. The family members are heard rather than seen as they move about the house. The General Manager visits first, bringing in the world of commerce, and the severing of that tie is accomplished when Gregor cannot get out of bed and leave the house. The ties with the
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