Like Natalie I am wondering why K. is allowed to go on with
his day and go to work even though he is under arrest, the best reason I can
think of is that the legal system of this society wants the people to always
contribute to society even if they are under arrest, as when the supervisor
says, “It’s true that you’re under arrest, but that shouldn’t stop you from
carrying out your job”. I also think that the novel so far resembles a bad
dream that someone might be having, as many things are happening but K. does
not know why or how they happen. Such as when K. does not notice three men from
the bank seem to suddenly appear in the room and when K. randomly kisses Miss
Bürstner who does not react in the slightest. I think that this “dream-like” atmosphere
of the story is just typical of Kafka’s writing, similar to “A Country Doctor” by Kafka in which bizarre and absurd things happen successively and the characters have
nonchalant reactions. Natalie makes an interesting point by saying that both K.
and the reader are equally confused and uninformed on K.’s situation, which
makes the story more interesting because the reader can more easily relate to
and sympathize with K. I also are very interested to find out more about K.’s
situation, especially the reason for his arrest.
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