Log #4

pages read: 21-26

characters introduced: new maid

three important events:
Gregor woke up to find a basin of milk by the door. He tried it and was repulsed by it, even though milk used to be his favourite drink.

The next morning, his sister (Grete) came to retrieve the milk. When she saw him, she cried out in shock and fled the room. Later on, when she had recovered her composure, she went in with an assortment of fresh and rotten foods for him. He only ate the rotten foods. He was fed twice everyday, his sister brought him the food while he hid underneath the sofa.

It turned out that the maid had left on the first day, and had been replaced by someone else.

Gregor discovers through occasional snatches of conversation that his family's financial situation is steadily declining. Everyone is saving money where they can, and they've resorted to the left-over money from his father's business which collapsed five years ago.

prediction: Eventually, Gregor's family is going to do something about him. The alienation may soon turn into hostility.