Answer: There is nothing in the story to support the idea that Gregor is imagining or hallucinating his transformation and much that makes it clear that Gregor's transformation is to be accepted as an actual event. The third-person point of view certainly does make this evident.
Answer: Although the Soviet Union and the United States did not directly go to war, they each supported a different side in the war. The Viet Cong were Vietnamese rebels in the South who fought against the Southern Vietnam government and the United States.
Explanation:
( I'm sorry I'm assuming) People are trapped in history is the person's good/bad memories and will always remind themselves of things they did in the past, and history is trapped in them is sort of like you're a part of the history and you can't change the fact that you're in it. Again I'm sorry if this is not correct.