Connections

There seems to be a theme of leaving things behind in Great Expectations as well as Kafka's "The Judgement" and "Metamorphosis."  We see in Great Expectations towards the end of chapter 28, Pip is leaving his past behind in the coach.  While the convicts discuss the favor Pip did, giving another convict money, Pip decides to leave it in the past and get off the coach as soon as possible.  In "The Judgement" we see a harsher version of leaving things behind when Georg commits suicide.  And finally, in "Metamorphosis," after Gregor dies, the family leaves him behind, and perhaps the memory of him behind, as they move into another house.