The unsettling dawn breaks, not with the familiar clatter of the tram, but with an alien weight and a hard, chitinous shell. Gregor Samsa, a dutiful traveling salesman, awakens to find himself irrevocably altered, transformed into a monstrous insect. His initial terror is not of his grotesque form, but of the missed train, the looming financial ruin that threatens his family. This immediate concern, this clinging to the mundane in the face of the absurd, sets the tone for a chilling exploration of human frailty. Gregor's transformation, a physical manifestation of his emotional alienation, throws his family into disarray. The comfortable facade of their lives crumbles, revealing the fragile dependence they had upon him. Initially, his sister, Grete, driven by a flicker of compassion, tends to his needs, but as his insect form becomes increasingly repulsive, her sympathy wanes, replaced by a growing disgust. His parents, once dependent on his income, are forced to confront their o...