The Metamorphosis

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brings these things into his home, where they separate him from his family. The only way Gregor can find happiness is through the small amount of creative work he can accomplish through carpentry. This is his true love and his one indulgence and he will do anything to protect it, and he shows when his mother and sister move to clean his room and move his furniture. He fears they will remove the picture with the frame that he made so "he pressed against the glass, which gave a good surface to stick to" (Kafka, p. 35). This is the one reminder he has left of something he truly loves and he will not let it go. Thus Kafka is trying to make the point that work must be a ‘labor of love' not a mechanical action performed out of necessity.
Gregor's family also contributes to his alienation, before his transformation, because it is his family's fault that he is forced to work in such a dissatisfying position. His metamorphosis does not drastically change his relationship with his ...

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