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In Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, the surrealism is most evident when Gregor Samsa wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect. The second most surreal moment is when Gregor’s family sees him as a beetle and screams in horror.

The United States failed to join the League of Nations because it was not interested in being bound by international law, and because it wanted to reserve the right to intervene militarily in other countries’ affairs.

The League of Nations was created after World War I in an attempt to avoid another war. The organization was largely ineffective, however, and was unable to prevent German and Italian aggression in the 1930s.

Dante’s the divine comedy is an example of humanist art because it is a story about a human’s journey through the afterlife. The story is told from Dante’s point of view and includes his own thoughts and opinions, making it a very personal and human story.

Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture and applied art, especially the decorative arts, that was most popular between 1890 and 1910. A reaction to the academic art of the 19th century, it was inspired by natural forms and structures, particularly the curved lines of plants and flowers.

Faulkner’s speech is much more formal than his writing in As I Lay Dying. He uses more proper grammar and vocabulary in his speeches, and his writing is more casual.

The manifesto of surrealism was written by André Breton in 1924. It is a document that outlines the key principles of surrealism and its revolutionary vision for society.

Art Nouveau is an ornamental style of art that emerged in the late 1800s. Art Deco is a more geometric, streamlined style of art that emerged in the 1920s.

The two art movements that were major influences on abstract expressionism were cubism and surrealism.

The excerpt from Fast Food Nation that best illustrates the use of the rhetorical appeal pathos is when the author describes the working conditions of the slaughterhouse workers. The author describes the workers as being covered in blood and guts, and having to work in extremely cold temperatures.