Numerous interpretations of Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" have been suggested. So many in fact that one might be inclined to think that no single interpretation will ever reach the state of consensus. When trying to interpret the work looking for a linear (beginning-middle-end, etc.), rational interpretation, one might be trying to do the impossible.
At the same time, whatever one does conclude about the story must be based on evidence from within the story, and evidence from the story, I suggest, disproves any theory that concludes Gregor is insane and only imagines himself turned into a "monstrous vermin."
And I believe one only has to look at the first two lines to conclude this:
When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.
Gregor is not the narrator. He might be hallucinating if he were the narrator, but he isn't. Thus, he is not hallucinating.
In order for Gregor to be only imagining his condition, or for Gregor to not really be transformed, the story would have to be told by an insane narrator.
And I don't believe there is any evidence of that.
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