Thursday, October 2, 2008

Kafka Quiz

1. Connect the Ordinary World and the Call to Adventure to your reading of Book 1 of _The Metamorphosis_ Explain the connection.
2. Are there any social issues being critiqued in the story? How does "The Red Scare" relate to Kafka's work?
3. What does Gregor turn into in the story?

1. The ordinary world is an average life with a job that travels.  He would wake up every morning and get ready for work.  If he did not feel good, he would goto sleep again by turning on his right side. 

2. There is a social issue of what a family thinks is right for their kids.  Th parents believed the son was to work at the firm for the rest of his life. There was much hysteria over a situation that the parents did not understand and this related to the red scare.  

3. He  turned into an insect. 

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