He liked to play a little game where he climbed to the ceiling, hung on to it, then fell to the ground. Since he has been isolated from his family for so long, he has found something to occupy him while he is in his room all day. Thus, to keep him occupied, “he particularly liked to hang from the ceiling... sometimes he found himself letting go of the ceiling and landing with a crash on the floor” (12). He felt so isolated from the rest of his family that no one came to visit him except Grete (who only came to clean the room). So he created a little game that he could play alone, since no one could play with him and he had no work to keep him busy. His little game was one of the few things that actually brought him joy, given that he was going through depression. Kafka also had something like Gregor that brought him joy during his depression. He loved writing, even though his father was against it. Kafka describes the difficulties that Gregor had to go through because his family abandoned him, in order to show how the isolation affected Kafka personally. Grete had noticed the little game he had invented, so as a courtesy, she wanted to move the furniture to give him space to roam freely. She realized she couldn't move the furniture alone, so she asked her mother for help. Even if Grete had become