Gregor's Room 

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Detail 1

Largest Piece: Couch, copy paper and ink, 4.5" x 3" x 3"

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Artist Statement: For this project, I wanted to make Gregor's room seem sad lonely. I used black for the bed to show the displeasure that Gregor felt with his life, and I made it small to show how uncomfortable it must have been living in a home where all the responsibility to support the family fell on his shoulders. The couch is blue because that's where Gregor hid after turning into a bug, and the blue shows the sadness and shame Gregor felt, which is why he hid in the first place. Gregor had used a white sheet in the story to cover himself while under the couch to help hide himself from his family better, but he seemed to feel safest under the sheet. I dyed the sheet yellow to represent the little bit of comfort and security it brought to Gregor while he was hiding under it. I depicted Gregor as a brown mush of paper to show how distressing turning into a bug was for him. He woke up and had no idea what happened or why, and his family was scared of him. They ever took the time to try and help him, they just immediately deemed him a monster and wanted nothing to do with him. Lastly, I created the picture of the lady that Gregor had hanging in his room. I decided to make this specific piece because in the end, this image is what caused Gregor's death. The only reason he was exposed and seen by his mother was because he was trying to save it when his sister and mother were trying to clean out his room. Had he not tried to protect the photo, I think he would have been able to stay hidden away for a while longer and his family might have adjusted to him being a bug or found a solution for him to go somewhere safe. 

This story overall was a very sad one to me. Gregor was never truly appreciated by his family in my opinion, and then when he needed them most they failed him. In the end they didn't even take care of his body when he died, they let someone else handle it and that makes the whole thing even sadder. Gregor provided for his parents and sister, but they got rid of him without hesitation once he could no longer be of use to them.