#and how gregor specifically was chosen to represent them because he made the war effort look good

[melonisopod]

The Golden Apple represents G. Corp.

On the outside a shining golden fruit, on the inside a rotted shell full of maggots. The war effort on G-Corp’s end used Gregor as the face of their propaganda because he was the least affected by the mutations, because he was the best-looking soldier who didn’t look like a mutant freak and only his arm was affected. He was used as a front to make G Corp look noble and good on the outside but when the war ended all that was left was a rotted shell, all the former soldiers were now horribly mutated freaks who couldn’t regain normal lives and who were stuck in this empty rotted shell of a war effort. Gregor still suffers a mutation that can spontaneously attack on its own and which he can never be free of and he got lucky compared to most.

“Together, we are in rot” indeed.