His furniture was removed from his room and his daily interactions with his family became fewer and fewer. This isolation and alienation begins to wear off Gregor and his health begins to deteriorate, no longer eating or moving his life is deteriorating. "The progressive deterioration of Gregor's body suggests an ongoing metamorphosis." (Corngold 239). While Gregor is weakening in life and spirit, his father decides to attack him one afternoon, throwing apples at him and sticking one in his back. After this, his family still alienates him and doesn't take the apple off his back, showing that they want very little to do with him right now. Even Grete, Gregor's sister who had fed and cared for him, will not help him. These events lead Gregor to eventually not eat at all and ultimately die in his room