Answer: C) Gregor’s sudden and inexplicable transformation into a bug.
Explanation: The definition of absurd is utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense. The use of absurdity in literature is a vehicle for writers to explore those elements in the world that do not make sense. In "The Metamorphosis" we can see an example of the absurd in the fact that Gregor transform into a bug in a sudden and inexplicable way.
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There are images of soldiers blown up a tree with their lower half missing. Or soldiers who are decapitated by artillery fire as they rush the enemy trenches. They keep running for a few seconds without a head, blood spurting from their open neck wounds, before they fall over, dead.
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OVERVIEW
During the Civil War, thousands of poems about the conflict were written by everyday citizens. These poems appeared in a variety of print formats, including newspapers, periodicals, broadsheets, and song sheets. Drawing upon the Library of Congress' online collections, this page offers a selection of poetry written by soldiers and citizens from the North and the South. These poems enable us to better understand the role of poetry during the war years and how poetry helped unify citizens, inspire troops, memorialize the dead, and bind the nation's wounds in the aftermath of the war.
I would estimate that the first one is the answer.
I looked up the summary(s) for both the passages, and 'to build a fire' is about a guy who despite everything being against him, being persistent and dying because of his actions, while 'gumption' is about the hardships of african americans.
Of course, this is just my estimation.
