During the time that the metamorphosis was written, which part of gregor's life would have been considered commonplace? a. undergoing a hideous physical change b. marrying and starting a family early c. going to college in another country d. supporting an elderly parent financially

D. Supporting an elderly parent financially.

In The Metamorphosis, Gregor works as a travelling salesman in order to support his family. This includes his aging parents and his unmarried sister. During Gregor's time and in his cultural context, supporting an elderly parent would have been commonplace. The fact that the family depends on him financially puts a lot of pressure on him, and increases the problems that come with his transformation.

to eliminate ambiguous remote or broad reference it is necessary to focus on anaphoric reference. by definition "anaphoric reference means that a word in a text refers back to other ideas in the text for its meaning." the references should be clear and leave no room for ambiguity.

in the first case the pronoun it probably refers to the car but it has not been mentioned before so we should replace it for the car. in doing so the statement becomes clear.

in sentence number   two   the pronoun he refers to charles dickens the author. yet, the first half of the sentence is about the book a tale of two cities. to repair this it would be better to rephrase the first half : after i read   a tale of two cities by dickens, he so as to remove the remote reference.