Metamorphosis

Intitially all Gregor hopes to do is pay off his parent's debt and then start again fresh,

Well, I haven't abandoned all hope; once I've saved enough to pay off my parents' debt to him--that should take another five or six years--I'll go through with it no matter what. I'll make a big, clean break!

Gregor desperately hopes to leave his job and find something fulfilling. There is nothing wrong with this. Gregor wants some independence from his overbearing family.