Franz Kafka wrote The Metamorphosis in 1915. In the story, the main character turns into a bug. Although this is a supernatural event, Kafka uses
real-life details about society that European readers during that time would
likely have found familiar. Which idea does the the following sentence from
the passage best express?
"O God," he thought, "what a demanding job I've chosen!
Day in, day out, on the road. The stresses of selling are
much greater than the actual work going on at head office,
and, in addition to that, I still have to cope with the
problems of travelling, the worries about train connections,
irregular bad food, temporary and constantly changing
human relationships, which never come from the heart. To
hell with it all!
A. People enjoyed traveling by train.
O B. It was easy to make friends with new people.
C. Train travel was the best way to get from one city to the other.
D. People had jobs that were repetitive and boring.
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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”