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. (10[1])This story ends as a couple internally resolve to find a husband for their daughter during a tram ride (10[2])to the country. (10[2])The protagonist (10[1])of this story protects a (10[1])photograph of a woman wearing (10[1])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 by his father, (10[1])which eventually causes his death (10[1])after his (10[1])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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