Submi Written below are four questions on the novella, The Metamorphos by Franza Kafka, Each question is worth
twenty five points. Each must be answered in the comments section below.
1. At the beginning of the work, explain what it is that has happened to Gregor Samsa, as well as the
immediate impact this has upon him Then explain what is that consumes his thoughts at this time, in terms
of what he knows he needs to do, and the things that this proves about him as a man and as a provider.
2. Explain the nature of the relationship that Grete has with her fallen brother, Gregor, and the specific things
that she does for him explain why she does this, as well as the dominant tralt that it reveals in her. Then
explain what Gregor longs to be able to do for her why, as well as what this further proves about the
relationship Gregor has with Grete
3. Explain the role to which Gregor's father is forced to play in the family, and the reasons for this. Explain the
way the father reacts to the change in Gregor as well as the specific reasons for this. Then explain the way in
which the father treats his son Gregor, and the reasons behind this as well as what it seems to prove about
the father
4. Gregor's mother is perhaps the most tragic figure in the work. Explain why this is the case, then determine
If she is ultimately a strong and assertive character or one who is weak and compromised, and the reasons for
this.
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Chicago by carl sandburg hog butcher for the world, tool maker, stacker of wheat, player with railroads and the nation's freight handler; stormy, husky, brawling, city of the big shoulders: they tell me you are wicked and i believe them, for i have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys. and they tell me you are crooked and i yes, it is true i have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again. and they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: on the faces of women and children i have seen the marks of wanton hunger. and having answered so i turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and i give them back the sneer and say to them: come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning. flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities; fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness, bareheaded, shoveling, wrecking, planning, building, breaking, rebuilding, under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth, under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young man laughs, laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has never lost a battle, bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse. and under his ribs the heart of the people, laughing! laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be hog butcher, tool maker, stacker of wheat, player with railroads and freight handler to the nation. which type of figurative language does the poet use most often in "chicago"? a. rhyme b. simile c. metaphor d. personification

Although william carlos williams rejected traditional verse forms he still believed that is was important to use poetic devices to distinguish verse from prose.

Read this excerpt of "from blossoms": from laden boughs, from hands,from sweet fellowship in the bins,comes nectar at the roadside, succulentpeaches we devour, dusty skin and all,comes the familiar dust of summer, dust we eat.which word create a positive mood?