How does Gregor's father react to his appearance in The Metamorphosis?

The best word to describe Gregor’s father’s reaction in this moment is hostility. When Gregor’s manager arrives, the entire family is trying to placate him and help Gregor retain his job. His appearance frightens his manager, which enraged his father. Gregor’s father, incensed, forces him back into the room, raging at him.
The transformation has not only affected Gregor, but has impacted his entire family, as he is the sole breadwinner. This change upsets his parents, in particular his father, because Gregor has been attempting to pay off his father’s debts. The transformation has torn away their hope at getting out of their situation and enrages Gregor’s father, which is why he reacts so violently and angrily. Gregor, unable to communicate except with unintelligible growls and hisses, wallows in misery because he has disappointed his family.


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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