Martin Greenberg writes that Kafka's Metamorphosis is about death (19). Greenberg directly states that “his story is about death, but a death without an epilogue, a death that is simply a spiritually inconclusive exhaustion” (19). Gregor never lives his life for himself. He does everything for his family and intends to do so until his death. Throughout life, all human beings know that they will die, but they do not know when, where or how they will die. It is up to them to decide how they want to live their life until they die. Freud says that human beings aim for death (Bloom 10). Human beings aim to live the best life possible and when they die they are proud of everything they have lived for. Gregor, on the other hand, doesn't know what his life will be like because he has never done anything for himself and has always done things for the well-being of his family. Gregor struggles to understand the true meaning of life and death (Greenberg 20). Now that Gregor is an insect, he begins to detach himself from his human life and from beings to die. Martin Greenberg shares this view by stating that because Gregor experiences life like an insect, he slowly begins to die (20). Even though Gregor ends up dying, he was dying emotionally throughout the entire story. Gregor walks away from life (Corngold 50). The immediate disconnect between him and his family is what drives him to walk away from life. “In any case, no one paid him any attention” (59). Gregor essentially accepts his own death (Corngold 50). All the guilt that has accumulated inside Gregor is the main reason why he dies. Nicole Smith writes that Gregor's guilt ultimately leads to his death (1). At the end of the story, Gregor finally realizes that he is only hurting and preventing his family from living their lives. That's why Gregor