Kaylee's Fourth Reaction

As The Trial proceeds, K. continues to show a superior attitude and thinks of strategic ways to get the upper hand on the system, refusing it's overpowering nature. However, K. does encounter his first “defeat”, when he thinks he will be able to obtain court ushers wife, hopefully making the court usher jealous, but fails and ends up alone. This occurs when he arrives to the session on the Sunday following his first trial. He goes to the designated apartment, but she informs him there is no session. They start to talk and she is instantly attracted to him. She begins to seduce him, but is interrupted by the grimy law student who has made her his possession. The court ushers wife is the admiration of all the officials, but I personally think she craves constant male attention, so she enjoys being their play toy.

In this section of the novel a little more is revealed about the officials who lead the legal system. From the pornography books to the shared lust over court ushers wife, the officials who run the system are not only careless and lazy, but are also greedy womanizers. The oddity of the system is also fortified by the court ushers apartment which doubles as the official courtroom. Also the Law Court Offices are strange because they are situated in an attic making it extremely informal. Most legal systems we know of follow strict guidelines and are usually positioned in official government buildings. This is not the case in K.’s situation. The Law Court Offices also hints of insidious behavior. The office is pervaded with air that is “terribly thick and stifling” that endangers it's first time visitors with unfavorable physical effects. K. becomes extremely dizzy, which nearly paralyzes him. He ends up having to be escorted out of the building. The air in the office could be symbolic to the toxic effects that the legal system and its officials have on their defendants and society.