Kafka's The Metamorphosis features a character whose origins are unusual or mysterious. Write a response in which you analyze how these origins shape the character and that character’s relationships, and how the origins contribute to the meaning of the work as a whole.

“he did not want to look at the fish." what does this say about santiago's character? a. santiago feels badly that the fish died in vain. b. santiago feels sorry for himself because he's out too far. c. santiago feels sorry that he dragged the fish so far out to sea. d. he blames the fish for making him sail so far out to sea to hunt for him.

Which lines from the speech best supports this topic sentence? and as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. we cannot turn back. there are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "when will you be satisfied? " and they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. we cannot walk alone. we refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. and so we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. and so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of new hampshire. let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of new york. let freedom ring from the heightening alleghenies of pennsylvania.

Read the passage below and answer the question. somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. in the excerpt above, the phrase "stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning" suggests that despite the heat, men still dressed up the men in the town were vain men's clothing appeared its best on hot days the men were not accustomed to wearing nice clothes