Kafka, the author, was living in ______________ which was apart of the "Central Powers" of WWI.

The horror erupted in people during the war is reflected in the story through Gregor's family horror.

Because of the time period in which "The Metamorphosis" is set, we can assume that Gregor's apartment is in the ________________ style which places emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts.

Transportation systems were advancing during this time, so Gregor got to work by:

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Kafka was one of many talented Jewish writers who came to Prague from ______.

Because of poor working conditions (long hours and low pay) and a push for more rights, the people of Prague and a few other countries began the ________.

Those poor working conditions are reflected in Gregor's fear that:

Because Kafka was German and Jewish growing up and living in Prague, he was an outcast.

We see Kafka's feelings of being outcast in Gregor as he is turned into a bug and outcast from his family.

In Czechoslovakia, the country Prague is in, the people had been struggling for ethnic identity and self-determination since the ___________ century.

In Bohemia, a(n) ______________ had created a society for the Czechs that included intellectuals, a middle class and industrial workers.

The Slovaks were far _____ culturally sophisticated and economically integrated than the Czechs.

Greg represents the ______ and his family represents the _________.

Like the Czechs and the Slovaks, Gregor's family is united only temporarily in their fight against poverty.