The Metamorphosis Short Story

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To start with,My claim is that both stories has a serious tone. My topic is to compare and contrast both stories and to talk about the good parts of the story and the bad parts of the story. To start of, ‘’The metamorphosis’’ is about Gregor when he wakes up he is a giant bug and he looks around his room and everything is good.Also he tries to sleep and forget what has happened but he can’t because of his size his back was sore from his effort. Next, he has to get to his job but he can’t because he is a giant bug. “The Nose” it’s about this guy named Ivan and he lives in a street name St. Petersburg and he is a barber has a wife live together he was shaving this guy and all of a sudden he cuts of his nose but he didn’t notice until next morning when he was eating …show more content…
Also,well he got out of the room and when the mom saw him that he turn into a giant bug she fainted. Furthermore, well he stayed like that and his sister Grete was the one who took care of and he like to climb walls so they move his room so he could climb.Also they move all the furniture from his house so he could climb all over the house. Next, when the family use to leave to work he eats all that food and when they come back he has a big mess. Lastly, Gregor parents don’t like to see him like a giant bug but they still love their son. To conclude, “The nose” and “The metamorphosis”the use a serious tone and they use a serious tone because in “The nose” the use that Ivan shaves a guy nose and in “The metamorphosis” Gregor wakes up and he is a giant bug and he could climb walls. Also, in The metamorphosis Gregor climbs the walls from the house and when his family leaves to work he eats all the food. Summing up, in The nose Ivan’s wife she says that she is going to take Ivan to the police because he cut of someone’s nose when he was shaving

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