Question

Which statement accurately interprets Kafka's viewpoint and his means of expressing it?

A. Gregor's transformation into a disgusting kind of creature shows Kafka's view that unfit people should be killed.

B. The change in Gregor is Kafka's way of saying that people are essentially evil.

C. By having Gregor change overnight into a weird creature, Kafka implies that dreams are as real as waking life.

D. By having a salesman transformed into an insect, Kafka implies that people in modern society feel dehumanized.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. By having Gregor change overnight into a weird creature, Kafka implies that dreams are as real as waking life.

Explanation:

In this work, Kafka describes a traveling salesman named after Gregor Samsa, who abandons his wishes and desires to support the family and pay the debt of the parents. One morning, Gregor awakens metamorphosed into a monstrous insect. Kafka describes this insect as something like a giant cockroach. Kafka believed that dreams can be as real as real life and the way he showed it in his work was by having Gregor change overnight for a strange creature.

Answer 2

Answer:

The answer is actually D) By having a salesman transformed into an insect, Kafka implies that people in modern society feel dehumanized.

Explanation:

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