The Metamorphosis In the Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, it is an autobiographical story that centers on the conflict between the family and the son. Franz Kafka started the story by an amusing beginning as a young man who transformed overnight into a giant beetle-like insect. It becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, and a quintessentially alienated man. The family goes through an even bigger transformation than Gregor himself. Therefore the real metamorphosis occurs to the family rather than Gregor Samas. Gregor learns that his formerly held expectations of both society and his family are not what they seemed. “But what if all the quiet, the co