What's the difference between snakes and humans

It was a bitter cold saturday morning ,the young track star dressed for his daily five mile run

What makes the literal, word-for-word translation of the metamorphosis hard to read?

How much time has elapsed from the very beginning of "the memior of the conquistador bernal diaz del castillo" to the end? a. castillo's whole life b. a quarter of an hour c. a few weeks d. a decade