Read this excerpt from section iii of the way to rainy mountain.

there were always dogs about my grandmother’s house…the old people paid them scarcely any attention, but they should have been sad, i think, to see them go.

what is the effect of the first-person point of view in this excerpt?

How to combine the two sentences in bold.

What is the main difference between hearing and listening? a) hearing is easy; listening is hard. b) hearing involves the outer ear; listening involves the inner ear. c) hearing is the physical activity; listening involves processing the information. d) none of the above

Kafka originally referred to gregor's parents as “the mother” and “the father”. however, the translator refers to them as “his mother” and “his father”. why might the translator use “his” instead of “the”? a. the word “his” makes the story smoother to read in english. b. the word “his” allows gregor’s parents to become more central characters. c. the word “his” makes gregor’s parents sound less loving. d. the word “his” creates a more negative tone.