The Metamorphosis

Gregor Samsa wakes as a bug.  I feel its ironic because the way he is described makes this human being feel and seem like nothing and one who only carries stress and burden in which no accounts for him, even though he is human size.  You see his tasks are amplified as they are not all as easy if he were to be human.  He also has to provide for his parents who can't afford to provide for him.  Although a dire situation, ironic that the bug which is typically the hardest worker of the food chain/animal kingdom, is working to the bone to help provide sand survive.