In-class quiz

Warm sunshine fills the family's car on their way to the countryside, which connotes a significant contrast from the restrictive image of the Samsa's small apartment. In addition, the family concludes that now with Gregor deceased and removed from their lives forever, they now have better and aspiring things to look forward to. This feeling of relief affirms that the family obtains a sense of hope for the future. The last scene of the novel is an image of Grete stretching. Kafka symbolizes this act as Grete's own metamorphosis: emerging after a long period of confinement, as if from a cocoon. "It struck Mr. and Mrs. Samsa... how their daughter... had blossomed recently... into a beautiful and voluptuous young woman. And it was something of a confirmation of their new dreams and good intentions when at the end of their journey their daughter got up first and stretched her young body" (Kafka 53). Metamorphosis depicts a transformation during which an immature form of a species undergoes a physical or emotional transfiguration to become an adult. While Grete begins to uphold such unfamiliar responsibilities, such as watching over Gregor and finding a job to financially support her family, she gradually matures. Towards the end of the final scene, her parents realize is it time to find her a husband. This closing scene connotes that she has fully blossomed into an adult, emotionally and physically.