when Gregor wakes to discover he has become a gigantic insect, he is mostly intent on the practical implications of his metamorphosis how to get out of bed, how to get to his job, and so on, He never wonders why or how he has been changed. What does this odd reaction suggest about Gregor

It may suggest that he has had things like this happen before. But, more likely, it suggests that he is a very logical person. This lack of emotional response shows that Gregor may lack a normal human capacity for emotion.

Explanation:

the rhetoric device being used to persuade the audience is pathos.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".