There certainly doesn't seem to be any benefits for Gregor to have turned into a bug in Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis." He dies. He also suffers alienation, disrespect, and neglect from his family, the chief clerk from where he works, and the lodgers. For a time, he does adapt to being a bug and enjoys climbing on walls, etc., but this doesn't last long. Gregor is a victim, although of what no one is sure.
The story opens:
When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.
There is no explanation as to why he was changed. This leads many commentators to view the fictional world in the story as absurd, in the literary sense. Is happenstance at work? Chance? It would seem so.
Concerning his family, they do get jobs to support themselves and seem to be ready to cope with having to work by the end of the story, but I see them mostly as having been exposed by Gregor's transformation. Other editors may disagree.
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