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Case Study: Hermann ends up going crazy because he becomes obsessed with gambling. Hermann initially has no desire to even gamble; instead, he decides to observe and manage his money wisely. He gradually becomes more and more intrusive as he searches for the secret to winning after learning that the countess knows how to do it. He begins by keeping an eye on the countess' home, then makes friends with a maid there and pretends to love her in order to get close to the countess. Once he has gained access, he sneaks inside the house at night to surprise the countess. He begs and begs for her to tell him the trick, but when she won't, he threatens her with a gun to retrieve the three winning cards. Hermann causes a commotion at the countess' burial after she passes away, and the next night, when they meet, she exposes the winning cards. Hermann instantly starts playing cards and follows the instructions, but he guesses incorrectly that the final card is a queen rather than an ace.

In the story of Metamorphosis Gregor Samsa is a traveling salesman. With this job we know that traveling salesmen spend a lot of time away from home, taking products from one household to another demonstrating the products in front of the customer. One of your responsibilities as a traveling sales representative may be to present your product at trade exhibitions and meet with clients one-on-one to try to persuade them to buy it. Gregor Samsa in Metamorphosis feels conflicted about his job. He appreciates being able to provide for his family and gets a lot of his sense of self from them. He dislikes having to travel long distances for his profession, though. But one of the key reasons Gregor had to labor so hard before his change was his father. The father of Gregor, Mr. Samsa, whose first name is never mentioned in the narrative, owes money from a failing business. Gregor despises his job as a salesman on the road. He has a lengthy internal monologue as he awakens, which is how we know this. He considers how difficult and demanding the work is, how early he must rise, how much he despises his boss, and how he intends to leave as soon as he has assisted his parents in paying off their obligations. One passage that supports this despise of the work he must do is when he has the inner dialogue saying "O God,' he thought, 'what a demanding job I've chosen! Day in, day out on the road."

Question: With the lottery reaching the highest it has in a while do you believe that their are people that will become as obsessed with the lottery ass Hermann did with gambling?