Sunday, September 15, 2013

Ryan's Response to Raoul

Like Raoul I also think the second chapter’s atmosphere was very bizarre. Also, the second chapter continues to show dreamlike qualities that we saw in the first chapter, as things and people seem to randomly appear, such as the three men from the bank are watching K. walk to the courtroom, which gave off an eerie atmosphere. So far, I cannot say I do not like the novel, but at times the novel is confusing and hard to follow, as certain events happen that seem out of place and very peculiar, for example, during K.’s hearing he sees the washerwoman and a man at the back of the room and for some reason jumps off the stand to save her, but everyone in the room crowds around K. That scene was weird and I did not one hundred percent understand what was happening. There are several other oddities during the second chapter as Raoul points out. In my opinion, the most unusual ones were K. not being told specific directions or a meeting time for his hearing and the actual setup of the courtroom. I also think it was unwise of K. to criticize and denounce the legal system during his first hearing because he was not completely aware of his situation as every person in the room seemed to be part of the legal system. Like Raoul, the legal system of this society has left me utterly confused and the only way to figure out some of my questions is to continue reading.

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