In chapter 3 of Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, Gregor is confined to his room after an injury inhibits his movement. However, he finds solace in being able to hear his family’s conversations through his open bedroom door. What does this detail show about Gregor’s state of mind? A. He still feels the need for human company. B. He feels trapped in his house with his family. C. He misses interacting with his kind, loving mother. D. He’s bored and wants to go back to work.

The best way to describe Art Spiegelman's work Maus is that it is a nonfiction graphic novel that depicts the horrors of the Holocaust. Option A is correct.

Art Spiegelman refers to an American cartoonist, editor, as well as comics advocate best known for his graphic novel Maus. His work as co-editor on the comics magazines Arcade and Raw was influential, and from 1992 he spent ten years as contributing artist for The New Yorker.

Maus illustrates Spiegelman interviewing his father about his experiences as a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor.