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Essay Instructions: Vladimir Nabokov, famous 20th century author, scholar and teacher has written that Gregor Samsa in Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" is a human being disguised as an insect and his family member are insects disguised as human beings. What does he mean? Quote and comment on passages from "The Metamorphosis" to support your ideas.

Essay Instructions: i need to write an essay on the book "the metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka.

Write a well developed essay using one lens (the psychoanalytic lens, the marxist lens, or the feminist lens) to discuss the relationship between Gregor Samsa and one of his family members. Be sure to quote at least 3 times directly from the text to support your thesis.
as well as please quote at least one idea directly from the literary criticism found in the back of the book!!!

please indicate the page number from where quote was taken from.

any question, please feel free to contact me via email.

Essay Instructions: 1. Convince the reader (me), that Hedda, if she had lived, should have gone to jail for murder. Use at least 3 pieces of evidence from the play and whatever outside experts you need to quote to do it.

2. Convince the reader (me), that Kurtz was really a Christ figure in Heart of Darkness. Use at least 3 pieces of evidence from the novel and whatever outside experts you need to quote to do it.

3. Convince the reader (me), that Kafka's "Metamorphosis" would make an excellent sci-fi thriller with a message, and what that message would be, and that it would be a worthwhile message as well as a blockbuster film. Use at least 3 pieces of evidence from the story and whatever outside experts you need to quote to do it.

4. Convince the reader (me), that Walt Whitman should/should not still be taught in public schools in Kansas today (he seems to have fallen out of favor and out of the curriculum). Use at least 3 pieces of evidence from the poems and whatever outside experts you need to quote to do it.

5. Convince the reader (me), the even though __The Guest________ (pick your piece) was originally written in another language and for another culture in another time and place, it STILL has revelance for today's college-educated adult. What is the relevance to a college-educated adult? What value does the piece have in terms of being thought-provoking? Are the ideas worth thinking about and why? Once you've picked your piece, use at least 3 pieces of evidence from the piece and whatever outside experts you need to quote to convince the course designer to keep this piece as part of the required reading for college-educated adult students.
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Essay Instructions: reqirement: This is a first year college paper (english class), I'm a international student, therefore, please keep the essay simple and easy to understand. Please avoid using too much difficult words, one or few is acceptable, not too much. This essay should be in normal essay format, intro, thesis, body and conclusion.

Essay topic:
In "Metamorphosis",(short story essay) what difference would it have made if Kafka had described events through the eyes of Grete(as a first-person narrator0?
What could she have described/experienced that Grigor doesn't? What would be left out? How do you think the emotional effect and meaning of the story would differ?