The Metamorphosis Chapter 2

The Samsa family benefit and harm each other in many ways.  One way that they benefit each other is that they look out for each other and keep each other from making bad decisions.  Such as when Gregor's father and sister kept his mom from coming in and seeing him as a cockroach in this scene, "In any event, his mother comparatively soon wanted to visit Gregor, but his father and sister restrained her, at first with reasons which Gregor listened to very attentively and which he completely endorsed."  I think in most peoples opinions it was a good thing that they restrained her because if she had rushed in like she intended to she probably would have fainted again and things would have gotten worse from there.  An example of when they can harm each other is at the beginning of the book when they where all bothering and interrogating him on why he wasn't at work and wasn't up.  They weren't even letting him even respond to one of their questions or remarks before they asked another one.  " 'Gregor,' a voice called - it was mother! - 'It's quarter to seven.  Don't you want to be on your way?' ... his father was knocking on one side door, weakly but with a fist.  'Gregor, Gregor,' he called out, 'what's going on?' And, after a while, he urged him on again in a deeper voice, 'Gregor, Gregor.'  At the other side door however, his sister knocked lightly. 'Gregor? Are you alright? Do you need anything?' "  And that was only the first part of the conversation.

1. Respect each others boundaries, personal space.
2. Don't crowed each other.
3. Don't ask so many questions that you practically interrogate the person. 
4. Say out of each others personal things.
5. Don't move each others things without asking them first.

The Samsa family in my book get a C.  I thought the Samsa family deserved a C because they crowded, interrogated, broke Gregor's boundaries, and moved his things without asking.  The only reason they passed was because everything the daughter did she did because she thought she was being kind and helping Gregor live more comfortably.