The Metamorphosis Literary Analysis

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There are many things that tons of books have in common. To start out there is the cover and on the cover, it tells it’s own little story. Then there is the summary that is on the back of the book. also there is the inside that really tells you what is going on during the part and during the story role.The three stories all have things in common, they all have to do things that involve people that are not going to do anything to help the United States. There are many things that people need to know about when they are reading a book/story, there are sentences that give you hints about what’s going on, there are key term’s that help you read the story better, and then there are the eye catchers, the one’s that just pop right out to you. In the story “The Metamorphosis” the man was told to be normal. But then there is a plot twist that ends up telling you that he was turned into a vermin. He was soon panicking because he could not find out what happened and why this happened to him. But after a while his parents came and asked him if he was ok and he said yes. So then when the chief clerk came he was panicking to open the door so that he can get …show more content…
As the story went on it got into more in-depth about their family. There were some relations that happened during the story that ties into the family. In about the middle of the story it has a stanza that is basically calling their child trash. There are not that many parents that call their kids trash but there are some that you can tell that they have never really wanted kids and that they are slaves to them. They also state about how the U.S. is going so fine and dandy. They are wondering why they are not having any problems or stressing over things. Moving to new places can be tough to adapt to. It won’t help for them to try and come in to the United States and not know the rules they would have to get to know and get used to our

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