In the play, Metamorphosis, Gregor was alienated from his family even
             before he turned into vermin. This can be seen when we discover that
             Gregor's job involves quite a bit of travel. Because he travels so much,
             get up at early hours and works very long days, we know that his job
             prevents him from spending time with his family. In addition he feels
             strapped to his job because he feels obligated to repay his parents debt.
             He hopes that in "five or six years" (Kafka 741), he will be able to quit
             his job and cut himself "completely loose" (12). Gregor's job lacks
             meaning and purpose and he does it only to pay his parent's debt. We also
             get the notion that his family only needs him to work because when he wakes
             up late, one of the first things his mother tells him, "it's a quarter to
             seven. Hadn't you a train to catch'" (742). A few minutes later, his
             father was calling to him because he was late. Gregor was already
             suffering from alienation because his job took him away from his family and
             because his family was only concerned with what he could do for them.
             In the play, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Luigi Pirandello
             illustrates how individuals may not always be as they appear. He brings
             into question the definition of life and art by using the theater as his
             example. He does this by creating fictional characters that seem to be
             more alive than real individuals. Of course this situation also causes to
             consider the definition of reality and illusion. The statement that best
             describes this sentiment is when the father tells the others, "It will be
             difficult to act me as I really am. The effect will be rather--apart from
             the makeup--according as to how he supposes I am, as he senses me--if he
             does sense me--and not as I inside myself feel myself to be" (Pirandello
             443). By having the characters seem to have more substance than real
             people do, Pirandello exposes ...