Yolander Whitson
English 102
5/24/12
Psychoanalytic Criticism: The Love of a Mother
In the beginning Gregor was a traveling salesman. He came home one evening from work tried. Gregor went to his room and went to sleep. He awake and said “What’s happen to me? “He thought, it was a dream. His room, a proper human room although a little small, lay peacefully between it four familiar walls. His mother was proud of him he took good care of the family, his parents and sister until one day Gregor transformation took over and turned him into a giant insect. The mother loved and cared for her son (Gregor), but when she saw him as the insect she seems to be afraid and a shame of her son.
The chief clerk came to Gregor home to see what happen to him and why he was not at work. Gregor wanted to call in sick. But the boss would be extremely suspicious cause in fifteen years “I have never once been ill. His boss would come with the doctor from the insurance company.” Well I can’t think of any other way of explaining it, Mrs. Samsa”, said the chief clerk, I hope it’s nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then fortunately or unfortunately as you like, we simply have to over come it because of business consideration”.
And “Did you understand a word of all that?” The chief clerk asked his parents, “Surely he’s not trying to make fools of us”. “Oh God!” called his mother, who was already in tears, “he could be seriously ill and we’re making him suffer. Grete! Grete!” she then cried. The mother is really concern about her son. Did you hear the way Gregor spoke just now? “That was the voice of an animal? Said the chief clerk with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother’s screams. Gregor in contrast had become much calmer. So they couldn’t understand his words any more although they seemed clear enough to him, clearer, than before. Perhaps his ears had become use to the sound.
Nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and had question about leaving the flat entirely empty. The maid was so shock when she saw Gregor she fallen to her knees and begged his mother to let her go without delay. I was not very clear how much the maid knew about what had happen. But she left with in a quarter of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor mother for dismissal as if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had happened even though no- one had asked that of her.
This story had strange thing going on the transformation of Gregor .He was a traveling salesman before he became an insect. The parents wanted to keep it a secret what their son had become. The sister always feed her brother. Gregor has a mother who loves him but don’t like the has happen to her son. There is some thing about the story that did not seem to be fair to Gregor, because he just wanted to be normal.
I agree with your analysis because Gregor did not have the care of his mother as an insect. His mother despised him when he needed her most. But in your analysis, you forgot to use secondary sources to back your arguments. Looking at the title of your essay and the body, I can assume that you were doing a gender study of the story. It would have been very nice if you had used the feminist theory sources to support your arguments. Apart from the issue of excluding secondary sources, you did a good job.
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