Question

question 5 of 10
read these translations of a passage from kafkas the metamorphosis:

\we must get rid of it,\ cried the sister again, \thats the
only thing for it, father. you just have to put from your
mind any thought that its gregor.\

—michael hofmann, trans., the metamorphosis

\hes got to go,\ cried his sister, \thats the only solution,
father. you must just try to get rid of the idea that its
gregor.\

—malcolm pasley, trans., the metamorphosis
hofmanns translation shows that the sister has stopped thinking
of gregor as human because she:

a. speaks angrily to gregor.

b. wants to get rid of gregor.

c. refers to gregor as \it.\

d. cries and gets emotional.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option A: The passage doesn't show the sister speaking angrily to Gregor, so A is incorrect.
• Option B: Both translations show a desire to get rid of Gregor, but this doesn't specifically indicate dehumanization. The key is the pronoun.
• Option C: In Hofmann's translation, the sister refers to Gregor as "it", which dehumanizes him (since "it" is used for non - human entities), so this shows she has stopped thinking of him as human.
• Option D: The passage doesn't show the sister crying and getting emotional, so D is incorrect.

Answer:

C. refers to Gregor as "it."