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Define Inference
An educated guess using what you know and the author's context clues.
What did Gregor Samsa do for a living?
A traveling salesman
Why did Gregor reject milk and bread?
He didn't like eating fresh food anymore, he liked moldy, rotten food.
To go back and convince the boss to take away Gregor's raise.
What happened to Gregor at the end of the story?
He starved himself to death.
What is the theme of the overall story?
Absurdity of life.
What did Gregor Samsa sell?
Textile/fabric
What is the theme in section 2?
The disconnect between the body and mind
What is the theme in section 3?
Alienation through isolation.
What is one of the themes in section 1?
Lack of sympathy.
Gregor being an insect symbolizes...
How society treats each other when they're not famous/hold authority or rich
Why do Kafka's (author) characters go through mental and physical suffering?
He was writing about his own troubles in his personal life.
What do the 3 boarders represent?
People in society.
What is the tone of the book?
Absurd
What does the father's uniform symbolize?
His father's dignity.
Identify the theme: “One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin”
Absurdity of life.
Identify the theme: “Doing business like this takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on top of that there’s irregular food, contact with different people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or become friendly with them. It can all go to hell”
Alienation through isolation.
Identify the theme: “His doctor would certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son and accept the doctor’s recommendation not to many any claim as the doctor believe that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy”
Lack of sympathy.
The women in fur on the magazine in Gregor's room symbolizes...
Gregor's humanity and his emotions of being alone and neglected.
Identify the theme: “He would have used his arms and hands to push himself up; but instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously moving in different directions, and which he was unable to control”
The disconnect between the mind and body.