Which two excerpts from franz kafka’s the metamorphosis show how gregor’s sister, grete, transformed in the story?

1.) "it's got to go," shouted his sister, "that's the only way, father. you've got to get rid of the idea that that's gregor. we've only harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. how can that be gregor? if it were gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he would have gone of his own free will. we wouldn't have a brother any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember him with respect. as it is this animal is persecuting us, it's driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole flat and force us to sleep on the streets. father, look, just look," she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again! "

2.) mr. and mrs. samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before they could grasp what she was saying. but then, each from his own side, they hurried out of bed. mr. samsa threw the blanket over his shoulders, mrs. samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is how they went into gregor's room. on the way they opened the door to the living room where grete had been sleeping since the three gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this.

3.) "leave my home. now! " said mr. samsa, indicating the door and without letting the women from him. "what do you mean? " asked the middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled sweetly. the other two held their hands behind their backs and continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud quarrel which could only end in their favour. "i mean just what i said," answered mr. samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a straight line towards the man.

4.) the greatest improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more practical. all the time, grete was becoming livelier. with all the worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, while they were talking, mr. and mrs. samsa were struck, almost simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady.

The correct answers are 1 y 4.  In option one it is evident that Grete, who at the beginning of the story was a sweet girl, now has changed completely with his brother, Gregor, who was the one that always believed in her and that supported her studies. Nonetheless, since Gregor has become a bug, Grete no longer loves him because she is disgusted by the new appearance of her brother and she cannot stand going inside his room with his parents in order to check how Gregor is improving. Option four has to do with the psychical transformation of Grete from a girl to a woman, according to her parents’ opinion as a consequence of her growing.  

Options two and three are not correct since the first one does not mention the transformation that Grete suffered through the time. It only mentions the fact that Grete had been sleeping since the three gentlemen had move in and it does not have a connection with her transformation. On the other hand, option three has nothing to do with her transformation since the excerpt is talking about the fact that Mr. Samsa is chasing out the three gentlemen and one of them is asking why is she doing that and she then answers that this is what she wanted to say; after that, the three men just went out.  

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government is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)