Consider the issues of drug & alcohol use, gambling. are these examples of personal vices that should be left up to the decision of the individual or should some/all of them be illegal activities?

Read this passage: there were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a few raisins and almonds; some cheese that gregor had declared inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with butter and salt. "am i less sensitive than i used to be, then? ", he thought, and was already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the newspaper. quickly one after another, his eyes watering with pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them because he couldn't stand the smell. kafka, the metamorphosis (david wyllie, trans.) what can you infer about gregor from this excerpt? a. he enjoys disturbing his family by making a lot of noise. b. he is upset at being locked in the room and tries to escape. c. he is becoming less human and more like a bug. d. he is depressed and is trying to hurt himself.

Auden's musée des beaux arts" and williams's "landscape with the fall oficarus" share which common element?

How does this excerpt from of plymouth plantation show the influence of religion in early american literature? puritans believed it was by god's provision of protection that they survived. puritans believed god must be included in all written documents puritans believed god would give them a simpler path to their destination puritans believed their experiences would influence others to follow god's path ?