Connections

 I think one of he central connections between "Great Expectations" and "The Metamorphosis" is he idea of people coming to terms with themselves and how they have changed over time. Pip still is trying to find who he is as a person and the real meaning of a gentleman.  Gregor had changed into a bug and had to become comfortable with that.  He was afraid of how people would treat him differently now that he was longer one of them. Georg was pushed to the brink of suicide because he was not comfortable with who he was and was not accepted by the people around him.  It is interesting to look at how each of these characters ended up after going through similar situations.