"If she didn't do so of her own accord, he would rather starve to death than call it to her attention, even though in reality he had a tremendous urge to shoot out from under the couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and ask her for something good to eat."Page 26
This sentence on its own testifies to Gregor's separation of brain and body. His mind is still very human despite his new form. Although he tries to be considerate of his sister as she is trying to figure out how to feed him, his instincts are telling him to act very much like a bug. He feels the urge to scamper towards her just as we fear bugs will do when we see them ourselves but he resists knowing innately that doing so would prevent her from coming back with more food.
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