Which one of the following short stories takes a series of completely ordinary events and develops them into a character study? a. "young goodman brown" b. "a pair of silk stockings" c. "a private history of a campaign that failed" d. "paul's case"

the correct answer is: reveal gregor as an untidy individual.

in metamorphosis by franz kafka, gregor samsa is the main character, who one day wakes up as a bug, and the attitude he takes upon his transformation forces him to go deeper on his existence and the new features of his body.

in this excerpt the writer mentions a table full of collection textile samples, which gives us a hint about gregor being messy. later on the book we discover how he is a really untidy individual.