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SQ2Instructions.docx SQ2 Instructions: 1. Open and download the attached document. 2. Type your name in the left-hand corner of the document. 3. Type your answers underneath (not beside) each question or prompt. NOTE: Use black font ONLY--do not type in a different color. Also, DO NOT highlight your answers. 4. Save the completed document to your computer as an MS Word file type. 5. Upload the document into this portal to be graded.(Be sure your click on the submit button before leaving the portal.) 6. Check to ensure that the correct document with all of your responses has been appropriately uploaded to the portal.  Do Not paste or write answers into this assignment portal. Assignments presented in this way will not be graded and will have a zero/0 placed in the grade book for this column. SQ2--Kafka--SPR2025.docx SQ 3-Huston/Kafka/SPR 2025 2 Exploring Kafka’s The Metamorphosis Write your answers underneath each of the following prompts. Do not use a different color font. 1. At the beginning of The Metamorphosis, Gregor Samsa has encountered something strange. What has happened to him, and why might this have happened to him? 2. The Metamorphosis focuses on relationships. Describe the relationship Gregor has with each of these family members: a. Grete b. Frau Samsa c. Herr Samsa 3. In The Metamorphosis, Kafka includes several minor characters who provide a different perspective that help to build the reader’s understanding of Gregor and his predicament. Describe Gregor’s interaction with these two characters a. the general manager b. the charwoman 4. Kafka often relies on food to convey ideas in his writing. Using two specific examples of food as it is incorporated into the story, describe the scene and explain the significance attached to food in The Metamorphosis. 5. The Metamorphosis is presented in three sections distinct sections that are highlighted by Gregor’s three instances of leaving his room. Discuss the central events occurring in each of the three sections. Be sure to note what Gregor does in relation to attempting to be with his family in each of these three sections. 6. In section III, Gregor’s sister performs for her family and the lodgers. Compare Gregor’s reaction to Grete’s performance with that of the three lodgers. Use specifics from the story to show your ideas. 7. Throughout the work, as Gregor weakens, his family as a whole strengthens. Describe how Gregor’s fate evolves in the story. 8. At the end of The Metamorphosis, Gregor Samsa’s family leave their flat and take a tram ride into the country. Explain the significance of the scene presented in the final paragraph of the story, paying particular attention to the description of Gregor’s sister and his parents’ reaction to her. Considering how Gregor’s parents have relied on him throughout their lives, what is the significance of their reaction to Grete.? FranzKafka1.pptx Franz Kafka 1883--1924 Brief Biography Born 3 July 1883 in Prague to a middle-class, Jewish family. His father was a German-speaking shopkeeper who was extremely domineering and pushed his son toward success in business Throughout his life—Franz was highly dependent upon his parents, even though he wished not to be. Franz attended a prestigious German high school in Prague. He studied law and received a degree in 1906 but never practiced. He obtained a position at a semipublic Workers' Accident Insurance institution where he worked until 1922. Love interests—he longed to marry but he was Beginning in 1917, Franz suffered from tuberculosis. Kafka led a fairly active social life, including acquaintance with many prominent literary and intellectual figures of his era, such as the writers Franz Werfel and Max Brod. He loved to hike, swim, and row, and during vacations he took carefully planned trips. He wrote primarily at night, the days being preempted by his job. He died on 3 June 1924. Biography Continued Kafka’s Works None of Kafka's novels was printed during his lifetime He published several of his short stories and his two novellas, including The Metamorphosis, during his life but with great reluctance. He believed himself a failure as a writer, so he requested all of his unpublished works be burned at his death. His executor, Max Brod, did not follow this request and published Kafka’s works posthumously. Literary Style Kafka presents a world that is at once real and dreamlike Individuals are burdened with guilt, isolation, and anxiety The main character makes a futile search for personal salvation His works often are seen as symbolizing modern man's anxiety-ridden and grotesque alienation in an unintelligible, hostile, or indifferent world. In his works, he is noted to combine “a down-to-earth, matter-of-fact setting with unreal or nightmarish events” (Lawall et al. 1965). Kafka is considered one of the major influences on modern literature. The Metamorphosis Written in 1912 and published in 1915 The genre of the work—it is considered a novella, a work that is longer than a short story but shorter than a novel Begins in medias res—in the middle of the action—after a decisive event. Gregor Samsa awakes one morning to discover that he has been changed into a giant beetle. He must cope with his situation in isolation in his bedroom, ignored by his family who find him disgusting. The story is presented through a narrative that parallels a newspaper report, constantly giving the facts and answering the question, “What happens next?” (Lawall et al. 1965). “The terror of art [is that] the dream reveals the reality.” ~Franz Kafka Final Thoughts image2.jpeg image3.gif image4.jpeg 2025SP-ENGL-2331-42301-WorldLiterature-4262025-625PM.zip Franz Kafka(1).pptx Franz Kafka 1883--1924 Brief Biography Born 3 July 1883 in Prague to a middle-class, Jewish family. His father was a German-speaking shopkeeper who was extremely domineering and pushed his son toward success in business Throughout his life—Franz was highly dependent upon his parents, even though he wished not to be. Franz attended a prestigious German high school in Prague. He studied law and received a degree in 1906 but never practiced. He obtained a position at a semipublic Workers' Accident Insurance institution where he worked until 1922. Love interests—he longed to marry but he was Beginning in 1917, Franz suffered from tuberculosis. Kafka led a fairly active social life, including acquaintance with many prominent literary and intellectual figures of his era, such as the writers Franz Werfel and Max Brod. He loved to hike, swim, and row, and during vacations he took carefully planned trips. He wrote primarily at night, the days being preempted by his job. He died on 3 June 1924. Biography Continued Kafka’s Works None of Kafka's novels was printed during his lifetime He published several of his short stories and his two novellas, including The Metamorphosis, during his life but with great reluctance. He believed himself a failure as a writer, so he requested all of his unpublished works be burned at his death. His executor, Max Brod, did not follow this request and published Kafka’s works posthumously. Literary Style Kafka presents a world that is at once real and dreamlike Individuals are burdened with guilt, isolation, and anxiety The main character makes a futile search for personal salvation His works often are seen as symbolizing modern man's anxiety-ridden and grotesque alienation in an unintelligible, hostile, or indifferent world. In his works, he is noted to combine “a down-to-earth, matter-of-fact setting with unreal or nightmarish events” (Lawall et al. 1965). Kafka is considered one of the major influences on modern literature. The Metamorphosis Written in 1912 and published in 1915 The genre of the work—it is considered a novella, a work that is longer than a short story but shorter than a novel Begins in medias res—in the middle of the action—after a decisive event. Gregor Samsa awakes one morning to discover that he has been changed into a giant beetle. He must cope with his situation in isolation in his bedroom, ignored by his family who find him disgusting. The story is presented through a narrative that parallels a newspaper report, constantly giving the facts and answering the question, “What happens next?” (Lawall et al. 1965). “The terror of art [is that] the dream reveals the reality.” ~Franz Kafka Final Thoughts image2.jpeg image3.gif image4.jpeg Table of Contents.html   2025SP-ENGL-2331-42301-World Literature - Franz Kafka 1. Franz Kafka's Biography