His manager unexpectedly stops by the house, and Gregor, barely able to speak articulately, tries to keep both the manager and the Samsa family from entering his room. Unable to get out of bed, reliable Gregor is late for work. When Gregor Samsa awakens one morning, he discovers that he has transformed into “a monstrous vermin” (3), which mostly likely refers to some kind of cockroach or giant beetle. The limited third-person narration focuses on the thoughts and feelings of Gregor, a lonely travelling salesman.
The entirety of the three-part narrative, excluding the final scene, takes place in the Samsa apartment, where Gregor lives with his parents and his 17-year-old sister, Grete. The time period in which The Metamorphosis transpires is not explicitly denoted, but the reference to carriages indicates that the story takes place prior to the early 20th century.
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