When Gregor's father first sees him, he has a "hostile expression" on his face. He "clenched his fist, as if to drive Gregor back into the room, then looked uncertainly around the living room, shielded his eyes with his hands, and sobbed with heaves of his powerful chest." The scene, of course, is utterly tumultuous. Gregor's manager from work is there, and Gregor is feeling absolutely terrible about letting down his family. He recognizes that...
When Gregor's father first sees him, he has a "hostile expression" on his face. He "clenched his fist, as if to drive Gregor back into the room, then looked uncertainly around the living room, shielded his eyes with his hands, and sobbed with heaves of his powerful chest." The scene, of course, is utterly tumultuous. Gregor's manager from work is there, and Gregor is feeling absolutely terrible about letting down his family. He recognizes that he cannot allow the manager to leave, so he tries to keep very calm and explain the situation, promising that he will come to work shortly. It is not going well, and then the coffee spills. Gregor cannot stop himself from snapping his jaws in the air, a motion that upsets everyone even further, including his father, who Gregor says has been "relatively calm until now." At this point, his father begins to stamp his feet and hiss at Gregor, which Gregor finds totally horrifying and threatening.
Pitilessly his father came on, hissing like a wild man. . . [and] at any minute the cane in his father's hand threatened to come down on his back or his head with a deadly blow.
His father forces Gregor back into his room, physically shoving him when he seems to get stuck in the door.
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