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Thank you We sneak Lory Then here's your shmoop du
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jour brought to you by paranoia are doctor said we
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were paranoid We wonder if he's told anyone else check
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the following passage franz kafka metamorphoses greg Are somoza cockroach
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down enough finalists Gregor gregor father said this that munni
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north and we're done skimming all right final line of
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the excerpt tells us that gregor is what And here
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the potential answers determined this truffle naive well let's take
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a look at that final sins Gregor however had no
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thought of opening the door and instead congratulated himself for
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his cautious habit Acquired from his traveling of locking all
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doors at night even when he was at home gregor
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locks his bedroom door at night Even when he's at
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home what does it say about him or his dear
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parents Well it doesn't really work A guy who locks
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the door when he sleeps isn't necessarily determined well unless
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he's determined to lock the door when you sleep But
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we don't think that count c is a definite no
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Gregor picked up the habit of locking the door at
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night while traveling well this shows that he is not
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naive or lacking in wisdom Or judgment He's well aware
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of all the creeps that might sneak in at night
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Too bad that didn't stop whoever came in and transformed
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him into a bug with it out of there All
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right choice dilly makes a little bit of sense A
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sneaky guy might lock his door at night to stop
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people from walking in on whatever sneaking things he's doing
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as faras we can tell him ever gregor is just
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a wake up and go toe work kind of guy
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nothing sneaky here except being a big bug Answer b
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is the only one that fits our grigor He calls
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it a cautious habit and it's understandable when traveling But
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home is supposed to be a safe environment This shows
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us that gregor is not only mistrustful of strangers but
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of his family as well depending on his family's tolerance
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for a colossal insects Well this might prove to be 00:02:05.947 --> [endTime] a good policy
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