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I find that Kuper shows the most sympathy towards Gregor because of the way he shows each characters distinct facial expressions. First off, he depicts Gregor's father and boss as two very cruel, strict, German men who have no tolerance or patience. He also actually puts a face on Gregor rather than showing a full transformation into a bug. This detail helps us understand Gregor's emotions and attitudes. Kuper is almost showing Gregor some respect by giving him a human like face and showing his facial expressions with his feelings.

Leaderless Discussion

One of the topics that came up during our discussion was the idea of are people naturally born as good or bad. Although many have argued that people are naturally bad and need to be repressed and controlled, it is my opinion that people are born neutral and it depends on their experiences they have while they are being raised. For example, if a child is born into an abusive family or a family of criminal with bad morals they will follow their lead and become instinctually bad. However, when people are born into a more religious or moralistic family they tend to live they live following a good value system with good morals. Thus, determining if a person is naturally good or bad comes from the situation they are born into.