People want their family to love and support them in times of need, but if they are unable to develop this bond with their family members, they tend to feel alone and depressed. In the novel The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Kafka describes the theme of alienation and its negative effect on people and their relationships with the people around them. This theme can be shown through Gregor Samsa, the main character of The Metamorphosis. After Gregor's metamorphosis, or transformation, he transforms from a human being into a giant insect which makes him increasingly distant from the people in his life. The alienation Gregor experiences results in his eventual downfall, which could and would happen to anyone else who alienated themselves from the people around them. Gregor's alienation and its effects on his relationship with the family can be shown through his lack of voluntary interaction with his family members due to his inability to communicate with them, the enormous burden he places on the family after his metamorphosis and his family's hope to get rid of him because he is no longer what he was before. Gregor's alienation first occurs after he wakes up one morning transformed into a giant insect. The negative effects of Gregor's alienation can be shown first and foremost through the minimal interaction he begins to have with the rest of his family. His metamorphosis into a giant insect creature is what stops him from wanting to interact with other people. He is no longer a human being and therefore cannot act as such. The effect this metamorphosis has on Gregor can be understood through a quote where Gregor's business manager says, “what's going on? You barricade yourself in your room, you only answer 'yes' and 'no', because your parents... in the middle of the paper... Gregor's was in The Metamorphosis.Works Cited• Kafka, Franz. Metamorphosis. New York: Bantam Dell, 1915. Print.e• “Metamorphoses, the.” Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica Online school edition. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2011. Web. 6 November 2011. .• “Alienation.” Oxford English Dictionary Online. Oxford University Press, 2011. Web. 6 November 2011..• “Schmoop”. The quote from the Metamorfosi family. Shmoop University, Inc., 2011.Web. November 6, 2011..• Bernstein, Richard. “A JOURNEY THROUGH KAFKA'S AMBIGUITIES”. New York Times 02 May 1983. : n. page ProQuest Platinum.Web. November 6 2011.