Round 12: Tossup 3

In this story, a character buys a uniform after getting a job at a bank and quickly wears it down by never taking it off. This story ends as a couple internally resolve to find a husband for their daughter during a tram (10[1])ride to the country. (10[2])The protagonist of this story protects a photograph of a woman wearing a fur hat and muff while his mother and sister move the furniture out of his room. This novella’s protagonist is pelted with apples (10[1])by his father, (10[1])which eventually causes his death after his sister Grete (“GRAY-tuh”) locks him in a room. For 10 points, name this Franz Kafka novella (10[1])about Gregor Samsa’s transformation into a cockroach. ■END■

ANSWER: The Metamorphosis [or Die Verwandlung]
<Editors, European Literature> | Packet L
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Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%0%90.20
UK (South)UK8100%0%84.00
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%14%62.86
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%0%68.89
Great LakesUS12100%8%81.83
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS6100%0%68.00
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS12100%0%74.08
MidwestUS9100%0%63.56
NortheastUS11100%0%80.27
PacificUS9100%0%81.89
SoutheastUS12100%0%61.25
Upstate NYUS5100%20%87.60