Question

Read the excerpt from "The Metamorphosis" below and answer the question.

Then, quietly, almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was convinced that he did not understand her words, she added “and by taking the furniture away, won’t it seem like we’re showing that we’ve given up all hope of improvement and we’re abandoning him to cope for himself? I think it’d be best to leave the room exactly the way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he’ll find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in between all the easier”.
What inference could be drawn about Gregor’s mother based upon the excerpt?   answer chooses:

Gregor’s mother disapproves of her daughter’s selfish desire to alter Gregor’s bedroom.

Gregor’s mother can think of only superficial solutions to make her son more comfortable.

Gregor’s mother is frustrated by her husband’s lack of compassion toward their son.

Gregor’s mother cannot reconcile her son with the bug into which he has transformed.

Answer 1

The answer is indeed letter D) Gregor’s mother cannot reconcile her son with the bug into which he has transformed.

Step-by-step explanation:

"The Metamorphosis" is a famous novel by Franz Kafka in which the main character, a young man named Gregor, wakes up to find out he has transformed into a bug overnight. As we can see in this excerpt, Gregor's mother still loves her son and is struggling to make the decisions she believes will help him best. However, she loves her son, but not the bug he has become. She maintains the hopes that Gregor will come back to them again. Instead of accepting his new state and taking the furniture away from his room to help him move around, Gregor's mother thinks that keeping the furniture might be an incentive for the "real" Gregor to come back. She is torn between her love for him - or the human form of him - and the horror of accepting his new situation.

Answer 2

Gregor's mother cannot reconcile her son with the bug into which he has transformed.

Step-by-step explanation:

In The Metamorphosis, written by Franz Kafka, Gregor Samsa wakes up one day as a cockroach and he and his family have to deal with this transformation. During the story, Mrs Samsa appears as a lovely mother confused and scared by her son's appearance and avoids having contact with him as a bug. In this excerpt we can infer Mrs Sansa cannot reconcile her son with the bug into which he has transformed, and she hopes everything will come back to normal sooner than later. This conclusion can be drown by her words: "So that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll find everything unchanged".