Please respond to any two of the following questions, being sure to ground your response in concrete details or quotations from the text. Your responses should be posted to the blog before our Zoom call on Wednesday at 3pm:
- Do you think that Gregor is more powerful BEFORE or AFTER his metamorphosis? Explain your response.
- How is Gregor’s family transformed in the wake of his metamorphosis?
- Discuss the theme of food and eating. What role does it play in “The Metamorphosis”?
- At the end of the second section of the story, Gregor’s father pelts him with apples. What do you think this episode is about?
- Gregor emerges from his room one last time when he hears his sister playing her violin for the lodgers. What is the significance of this scene? What meaning does music hold for Gregor here?
- Ultimately, what do you think Gregor’s metamorphosis means? What does it mean to be transformed into a giant bug?
- Explain your understanding of Gregor’s death. How/why does he ultimately die?
- Look at the final paragraph of the story. How does it shape or alter our understanding of the text?
