4. Gregor is not horrified by his discovery partly due to the strong mental defenses his mind has put up. Evidence of his mind's defenses are in his ability to deflect, delay, and deny. He never fully accepts the fact that he will always be a bug and that his life has permanetly changed. He believes this to the fact that it hurts himself as he acts with complete disregard for his own safety. Kafka did this, I believe, in an effort to show how guarded and habitual Gregor really is.
7. This scene shows that human Gregor does still exist. He is buried deep down, and the habituation of his new life is slowly making him forget that his old self ever existed. This is Gregor's purest emotion in the entire novella. It shows him as something vunerable, something that only wants compassion and love. Something that is misunderstood.
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