In part two of the Irony chat room we talked about how ironic it was that Gregor devoted his life to taking care of his family and how he did all he could possibly do to provide and give them a comfortable life. Then when Gregor transformed into this bug like state most of the family just sort of abandoned him. Even at the end Grete totally abandons Gregor and ultimately wants to get rid of him. I understand that maybe Grete could've live with the fact that this was her brother and he was never going to change back ever to what she knew him to be before. I feel like Kafka felt abandoned by his family as well, because he didn't live up to his fathers expectations of him. It's ironic or probably made to be that Gregor and Kafka are one in the same. Kafka probably was writing in a descrete way to the reader unknown of his background how he was feeling in his life. Maybe Kafka felt like he wished for just one break in his life. One handout that he could work off of that would open a door to a new/different life then the one he was living.