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Google Doodle celebrates Franz Kafka’s 130th birthday with ‘The Metamorphosis’ tribute Google has created a ‘doodle’ in tribute to Franz Kafka on the 130th anniversary of the German-language novelist’s birth.
The doodle is based on Kafka’s 1915 novella ‘The Metamorphosis’ – considered by many to be one of the most important works of fiction of the 20th Century – and shows the character Gregor Samsa walking into a room in the guise of a large insect.
In the much-celebrated work, Samsa is a travelling salesman who transforms into an insect overnight. The rest of novella focuses on his struggle to come to terms with his new existence and the burden it places on his family.
Kafka was born into an Ashkenazi Jewish family on 3 July 1883 in Prague, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
He originally trained as a lawyer but began writing short stories in his spare time - eventually coming to consider it his calling – despite only a handful of his works being published during his lifetime.
Regarded as one of the 20th Century’s most influential authors, Kafka’s works are dominated by unreliable narrators who often tell dark tales of existentialist difficulties.
Kafka’s notoriously difficult relationship with his father Hermann is believed to have strongly influenced his work – with The Metamorphosis itself thought to be based upon Kafka’s own fears of insignificance and repulsiveness to his own family.
From: HALL, John. Available at: <http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-doodlecelebrates-franz-kafkas-130th-birthday-with-the-metamorphosis-tribute-8685557.html>.
In the two excerpts “one of the most important works of fiction of the 20th century” and “one of the 20th Century’s most influential authors”, it can be verified superlative adjectives. It is another case of superlative adjective: 
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A alternativa correta é a B - About the Kafka’s works, it is common to read that Metamorphosis is the best one.

Vamos analisar o motivo:

A questão testa seu conhecimento sobre superlativos em inglês. Superlativos são usados para indicar o grau mais elevado de uma característica dentro de um grupo ou comparação.

No enunciado, temos os exemplos de superlativos: “one of the most important works of fiction of the 20th century” e “one of the 20th Century’s most influential authors”. Ambos destacam algo no grau máximo dentre seus pares.

Vamos agora justificar cada alternativa:

A - For many readers, Franz Kafka is more important than any other author of 20th century.

Essa alternativa usa a construção de comparativo (more important than), e não de superlativo. Portanto, está incorreta.

B - About the Kafka’s works, it is common to read that Metamorphosis is the best one.

Aqui, a frase menciona que a obra ‘Metamorphosis’ é a melhor (the best) entre as obras de Kafka, o que é um uso claro de superlativo. Por isso, está correta.

C - Most of the fictional stories written by Kafka are apocryphal.

Essa alternativa não apresenta nenhum adjetivo no grau superlativo, e está incorreta.

D - Gregor Samsa as a large insect is more famous than Franz Kafka himself.

Novamente, temos um comparativo (more famous than) ao invés de um superlativo. Logo, essa alternativa está errada.

E - Most people prefer the current graphic novel to the original book Metamorphosis.

Apesar de mencionar uma preferência na frase, não há o uso de superlativo. Portanto, essa alternativa também está incorreta.

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