# Gregor Samsa — The Metamorphosis character guide

> Gregor Samsa in The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.

**Role:** major

**First appearance:** 0000-metamorphosis

## Who they are

A traveling salesman who wakes up one morning transformed into a monstrous vermin. The story revolves around his physical and psychological struggle with this metamorphosis and his family's reaction.

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