The metamorphosis timed essay
30 minutes
4-5 paragraphs
openbook
choose your essay prompt.
a. explain gregor's adaptation to his new body. compare the satisfactions of his life
as an insect with the satisfactions of his life as a traveling salesman. what are
gregor's hopes for the future? is there anything wrong with those hopes?
b. what role does each character play in gregor's metamorphosis? how does it
affect the family? select specific words, quotations, and scenes throughout the
text that reveal the conflicting motivations of the characters. explain how these
scenes support inferences drawn about the familial relationships and reactions to
the metamorphosis. how do these develop a theme of the metamorphosis?
what transformations exist in the metamorphosis? although gregor's
transformation might be the most drastic, other characters undergo changes as
well. explain the various transformations throughout the text and how those
reflect a theme of the text. cite specific evidence of the changes.