The metamorphosis by franz kafka questions, use cite textual to support your answer
1) how would you describe gregor's father? mother? sister?
2)why do you think gregor reacts so strongly when the chief clerk says that gregor's work has been unsatisfactory?
3)why does gregor feel better when he believes that the others are going to him?
4)how does gregor's metamorphosis affect the rest of the family?
5) why does grete like taking care of gregor in the beginning?
6)why does the family decide to hide what has happened instead of trying to get ?
7)as time goes on, how does grete's treatment of gregor change? why does this happen?

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

stating your point of the article

health care costs in the united states are on the rise.

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