What do you think might have been his reasoning behind Kafka’s request that no actual vermin be depicted on the book cover? Which cover follows Kafka’s own directions for the publisher more

Kafka: TheMetamorphosis
1. What do you think might have been his reasoning behind Kafka’s request that no actual vermin be depicted on the book cover? Which cover follows Kafka’s own directions for the publisher more closely, yet still shows a transformation?

2. The main question is whether and how to picture a human-animal transformation. If you were asked to adapt Kafka’s short story either for theater or film, or as a graphic novel, how would you show the titular transformation?
Try to make your answer as strong as possible
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