"The Metamorphosis" by Kafka resists any cohesive and singular interpretation. The story hovers on the borders of funny and

horrifying, personal and

universal, and absurd and the ordinary

reality. How do you think the story connects the above-mentioned

extremities (realism-absurdity, fun-horror, personal-

universal). Give specific textual examples for each of these

binaries. How do you interpret Gregor's transformation into a

monstrous "pest"

Time remaining 59: 46 which central idea should be included in a paraphrase of this excerpt? read the excerpt from the odyssey. out to sea again! ' my men were mutinous, fools, on stores of wine. sheep after sheep they butchered by the surf, and shambling cattle, feasting.-while fugitives went inland, running to call to arms the main force of cicones this was an army, trained to fight on horseback or, where the ground required, on foot. they came with dawn over that terrain like the leaves and blades of spring. so doom appeared to us, dark word of zeus for us, our evil days. the forces sent by cicones to fight odysseus and his men arrived during the early morning hours. odysseus and his men feasted on the animals they slaughtered while on the island of cicones the forces sent by cicones to stop the plundering of odysseus and his men were skilled and powerful odysseus views the forces sent by cicones as punishment from the greek god zeus. mark this and retum save and exit save and exit next sub subunit

What is similar about a satire and a parable? o a. both are based on a previous work. o b. both attempt to persuade an audience. o c. both use humor to entertain an audience. o d. both are very short in length.

List some things you like to do with ur close friends and everyday friends(school)