What effect does the imagery “the mud was like quicksand around her, and anyone attempting to reach her was a danger of sinking” on a reader?

In at least one hundred words, discuss how the man with the umbrella in sorrentino’s “there’s a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella” is an example of an extended metaphor and what central theme he conveys.

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

How would you describe the relationship between the major world religions today? how do those relationships manifest in the united states today?