Which aspect of the metamorphosis would people of kafka's time period have considered normal and ordinary? o a. gregor's undergoing a scary and complete physical transformation o b. gregor's having a job he hated that made him dissatisfied with life o c. gregor's not making enough money and having to live with his parents o d. gregor's falling in love with a woman that he never actually met

B. Gregor's having a job he hated that made him dissatisfied with life.

Explanation:

The novella "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka displays the tale of a salesman Gregor who wakes up one morning and finds himself inexplicably transformed into "monstrous vermin" and struggles to adjust himself to the new surroundings. This abrupt and anonymous description is juxtaposed to the mundane reality of the time. He reflects his job as a traveling salesman which he finds as exhaustive and never-ending traffic. He hates getting up early and going off to working with a despot(his employer), but he was enforced to do so as he was the sole breadwinner of his family who was working(unwillingly) to pay off his father's debts. Thus, the aspect that could be considered normal and ordinary for the time the novella was written is, Gregor having an exhaustive job that reflects the alienation of individual self which was quite prevalent at the time.

answer: the correct answer is that he still ridicules people that look different.

explanation: in "the nose"   by nikolai gogol, the author sets up a satirical view of russian society. the book is divided into three parts and tells the story of collegiate assessor ('major') kovalyov, who gets up one morning without his nose. he later finds out that his nose has developed a life by itself, and has apparently surpassed him by attaining the rank of state councillor. the short story showcases the obsession with social rank that plagued russia after peter the great introduced the table of ranks. by allowing commoners to attain hereditary nobility through service to the state, a large population was given the chance to move up in social status. this opportunity, however, also gave way to large bureaucracies, in which many of gogol's characters worked.