In the metamorphosis, what does gregor's transformation into a bug most likely represent?

a. kafka's lifelong feelings of inadequacy
b. kafka's anger at his father
c. kafka's failed attempts to learn to swim as a child
d. kafka's fear of bugs and insects

The answer is A: Kafka's lifelong feelings of inadequacy.

Although reading Kafka´s private correspondence and his diaries show a picture of a troubled man, though one provided with an acute and brilliant sense of humor and irony that he knew made him exceptional, one also gets the image of a man who feels, at times, unable to perform the most basic social duties or the simplest of personal tasks. In Metamorphosis, the latter sense of inadequacy is most clearly felt, not without leaving in the reader a sense of dread and horror at the depth of Samsa´s (the main character in the story) doubts.

1) true

2)true

3)false

4)false

5)false

6)false

7)false

8)true

9)false

10)true

step-by-step explanation:

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)