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 * METAMORPHOSIS ASSIGNMENTS**
 * =**Pre-Reading Assignment: Kafka Biography**= || Click here for the Kafka Biography assignment. ||
 * =**Reading Assignment #1: Read Part One of the Metamorphosis**= || * Download the text: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5200
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 * **Questions for reading assignment #1** || 1. What did Gregor put in a “pretty frame”? What does this detail imply about his character?

2. Record and comment on a specific quotation from the first few pages of the story that reveals how Gregor feels about his job.

3. Identify and comment on a quotation that reveals the relationship Gregor has with his family.

4. Why do you think Gregor has turned into a bug? Has he really turned into a bug? Give evidence to support your answers to both of these questions. ||
 * =**Reading Assignment #2: Read Parts Two and Three of The Metamorphosis**= || Reading Assignment #2 Questions:

For each of the following prompts identify and explain how a quotation or paraphrase from the text responds to the prompt.

1. Samsja in the Czech language means “being alone”. How is this illustrated in the story?

2. The word translated as vermin in the first sentence of The Metamorphosis is Ungeziefer in the original German. “Ungeziefer” derives from a Middle High German word meaning “an unclean animal not suited for sacrifice.” How does Gregor embody the outcast archetype? What is his crime against humanity? Is it a self-sacrifice?

3. How does the story help present the theme: "The problematic existence of the modern individual"?

4. Explain your interpretation of the housekeeper’s comments and actions at the end of the story. || Complete assignments posted on this page: Explicating Dali || || AND of a quotation from The Metamorphosis. || CLICK TO READ FULL ASSIGNMENT || Identify a quotation from The Metamorphosis and explain how it connects to the Kafka quotation. ||
 * =**Artwork Explication: Complete the Questions posted on the Explicating Dali page.**=
 * =ACTIVITY: ANALYSIS OF THE TITLE AND QUOTATION= || Complete a literary analysis of the diction used in Kafka's title, The Metamorphosis
 * =ACTIVITY: ACADEMIC ABSTRACTS and Scholarly Articles= || Review and discuss the abstracts from academic papers written about Kafka's novella, The Metamorphosis. Choose one abstract that you will use as part of your interpretation of The Metamorphosis and record notes about how you understand the abstract. Record and a quotation from The Metamorphosis that supports the main argument put forward in the abstract. **Click here to read full assignment** ||
 * =METAMORPHOSIS FINAL= || ** Assignment: Support your interpretation of Kafka's The Metamorphosis through a literary analysis of the text, an explanation of support from an academic article, and a piece of research. **
 * =Kafka's letter to his father.= || "What's In A Name", Kafka's Letter To His Father, and Plot Chart
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 * =ACTIVITY: KAFKA QUOTES= || Review the Kafka quotes posted on the handout titled, "Kafka Quote Discussion"

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