Read Franz Kafka's, The Metamorphosis book and answer to the following questions.

1. Discuss the theme of “isolation” in Metamorphosis.

2. How does The Metamorphosis illustrate the following maxim: “The more you do for someone, the more that someone takes you for granted.”

3. Discuss the central events in each of the three sections of the story. In what ways do these events suggest that the weakening of Gregor results in the strengthening of the family as a whole?

4. What is the significance of the minor characters in the story—the manager, the three boarders, and the cleaning women?

5. What is the importance of the final scene in the story, the family’s trip to the country? Why is it written so lyrically in comparison to the rest of the text which is presented in more of an “objective” journalistic style?