The story is about Gregorio Samsa, whose sudden transformation into a huge insect makes it more and more difficult for his social environment to communicate with him, until he is considered intolerable by his family and finally perishes.

One morning, after a restless sleep, Gregorio Samsa tries to get up to go to work, but realizes that during the night he has transformed into an insect; Realizing how late it is, he tries to start his usual daily activities, but lying on his back, he cannot get out of bed.