Franz Kafka describes the dehumanization of Gregor Samsa by his family after his transformation into an insect. Before his transformation Gregor was extremely loyal to his family and to a job he hated, even though Gregory's family only seemed to appreciate him for what he could offer. He was close to his sister Grete but everything changed when he could no longer provide for his family. As a reader I see the dehumanization of Gregor when the family wants to isolate him from others, they forced him to stay in his room most of the time and only associate with him when necessary. For example, Gregor's mother was not allowed to see her son because she would faint, to demonstrate further dehumanization food was left on the floor on top of newspapers, his room was eventually stripped of all things he knew except the photo on the wall. . Gregor's father throws apples at his son to take him back to his room. Gregor's family no longer saw him as a human being because they believed him to be incapable of any form of communication or social awareness, his sister Grete, to whom he was once close, declared to his family “We must get rid of him” (Kafka 66). Although Gregor had lost the ability to speak or communicate his thoughts and feelings, he still hungered for human contact, felt pain, yet was denied the things that made him feel human. Based on “Metamorphosis”, dehumanization played a major role in the way Gregor felt about himself, this can also be seen in the way the dehumanization of mentally ill people locked up in “asylums” lived their lives throughout history. Many people considered mentally ill were sent to facilities called “Asylums” or state-run institutions. People who showed signs of mental disorders were taken away... middle of paper... some people in societies were called undisciplined, the mission within the scientific and medical communities was to find a way to address the problems seen in these individuals. Previous procedures or treatments consisted of isolation, alienation, and the use of physical restraints such as chains and straitjackets. In the early 1930s lobotomy and electroconvulsive shock therapy began to be used in mental institutions as means of treatment, however, these types of procedures were used in excess especially when submission was a primary goal. Lobotomies were banned in the United States around 1961 when many people within a humanized society realized and noted that lobotomies were “contrary to the principles of humanity” (Margarita Tantakovsky, MS). However, electroconvulsive shock therapy is still used on patients today; its use is strictly monitored.