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Discuss and take notes on each of the following areas: ON-LINE POLL Does Gregor Samsa experience a real metamorphosis into a human sized bug?
 * STATION #1: What's in a name?**
 * 1) Title: How does the title, Metamorphosis, address both the human and non human elements of this story?
 * 2) First Line: 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". Is the translation of this word in the version you read correct? Why or why not?
 * 3) Name: Samsa translates to "being alone". How does this name fit ALL of the family members.

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//Letter to His Fathe//r (German: Brief an den Vater) is the name usually given to the letter Franz Kafka wrote to his father Hermann in November 1919, indicting him for his emotionally abusive and hypocritical behavior towards him. Kafka hoped the letter would bridge the growing gap between him and his father. Kafka actually gave the letter to his mother to hand on to his father. His mother never delivered the letter but returned it to her son. The original letter, 45 pages long, was typewritten by Kafka and corrected by hand. Two and a half additional pages were written by hand. Respond to the questions on the handout titled, "from Letter to His Father". Link to letter: @https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CK480j6khmHzAZYdR26Zu1Iu064uCo32JnESIulbFYw/preview
 * STATION #2: LETTER TO FATHER**

ON-LINE POLL Is The Metamorphosis a biographical statement about Kafka's relationship with his father? respond at PollEv.com/juniuswright743

Complete the plot chart and theme What does the use of third person limited reveal to the reader?
 * STATION #3: PLOT AND POINT OF VIEW**

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