The correct answer is “Gregor was shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be recognized as the voice he had had before”. The novella “<em>The Metamorphosis</em>” (1915) written by Franz Kafka narrates the story of Gregor Samsa, a salesman who wakes up one morning and finds himself transformed into a huge insect. The sentence from the story that most strongly shows the reader Gregor’s mood is the one present towards the end of the excerpt which narrates how <u>terrified and frightened</u> Gregor was when he discovered his voice was not the same as before due to his transformation (<em>Gregor was shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be recognized as the voice he had had before.</em>). The rest of the options narrate different events since the moment Gregor discovered his transformation and they contribute to the atmosphere of the narration.
