In The Metamorphosis, they use a bug in their story, it is clearly stated as a "monstrous verminous bug" (Kafka). They portray Gregor as this terrible, disgusting insect, treated like a worthless person shortly after losing his job by his own family. When this happens, Gregor's family wants to remove him from the house, it is Grete who convinces the family that they should get rid of Gregor. For example: “we must try to get rid of it” (Kafka). Grete calls Gregor “it” and no longer her brother. Gregor for the family was considered nothing, they did not want to deal with anything that evolved him. Then the family pushes the boundaries towards Gregor until he dies. Even at the end of the story, the family wants to forget Gregor completely, so they move away from where they lived before. In Maus they mainly used mice, described by Jews as vermin and German Nazis as cats, which can be said to be the most superior of all animals in history. The Nazis want to exterminate every living mouse or Jew because they were considered evil. Mothers even told their children that Jews are evil monsters who eat children. For example: “Mothers always said: [“Be careful!” A Jew will catch you and eat you! »] Thus did they think their children” (1.6.151). Vermin used in stories can really change the point of view of the story instead of using people. When we think back to our childhood we always had this favorite story, some liked the story of the turtle and the rabbit, where the rabbit bets the turtle that he is the fastest, but the turtle ends up winning the race. This taught us the lesson of slow and steady wins, it's always a good idea to always enjoy the race rather than who can finish it the fastest. Both stories remind us of fables, where it is a short story and the animals are