Natalie's Third Reaction

After reading chapter 2, the court that is arresting K. seems to be even more unorganized. When they tell him the date for his hearing, they forget to give him a time or a clear address. If it is a case of such large magnitude that involves several case hearings, one would think that they would have set times and an easy accessible office. Instead, K. arrives late and the building where the office is located is so large that he can’t even find it. Also when I first began reading this scene I thought that the people at the hearing represented a “trial by ones peers” but instead it ends up that they all work for the same organization. This solidifies the difference between this government system and the one that we are used to. It also makes me think about how unbiased they can be and whether they are even supposed to be unbiased.

During Chapter 2, the reader also gains some insight into K.’s personality. When he has a scheduled meeting he makes it a purpose to be late so that he wont “humiliate himself”. Also he decides that it is better to travel by foot to the hearing then require the assistance of other, the narrator goes as far to state that the mere idea of getting help repulsed him. Here we begin to gain some better insight of K.’s personality. K. is independent and a bit full of himself. It is evident that he has a large ego and tends to think of himself as above others, even the law in some cases. We see this when K grabs the judge’s notebook says “I wouldn’t want it in my hand, I can only touch it with two fingers.” He is mocking the judge and believing he is above him.