Read the excerpt below and answer the question. as soon as she felt a little calmer, she murmured: "bring him here and let me see if you love him." he went and got the child. he placed him gently on the bed between them, and the little one stopped crying. she murmured: "don't move any more! " and he was quiet. and he stayed there, holding in his burning hand this other hand shaking in the chill of death, just as, a while ago, he had been holding a hand trembling with love. from time to time he would cast a quick glance at the clock, which marked midnight, then one o'clock, then two. to develop characters. select all that apply. in this excerpt from "a wedding gift," maupassant uses direct characterization indirect characterization revealing dialogue vivid descrtion

Read this passage: there were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a few raisins and almonds; some cheese that gregor had declared inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with butter and salt. "am i less sensitive than i used to be, then? ", he thought, and was already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the newspaper. quickly one after another, his eyes watering with pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them because he couldn't stand the smell. kafka, the metamorphosis (david wyllie, trans.) what can you infer about gregor from this excerpt? a. he enjoys disturbing his family by making a lot of noise. b. he is upset at being locked in the room and tries to escape. c. he is becoming less human and more like a bug. d. he is depressed and is trying to hurt himself.

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