Chapter 2 of The Trial
effectively furthers the confusing and abnormal atmosphere of the novel. K.
undergoes the first cross-examination a term I think is used very loosely, as
the events that transpire in this chapter hardly seem to be a cross
examination. While K. is looking for the courtroom where his hearing is taking
place, we learn that K. is a very proud man. K. would rather tell people he was
looking for a fake person, than ask where the actual courtroom is. I also
thought it was very weird that the washerwoman knew exactly where K. was going
as she pointed him to the courtroom in a rather mysterious way, the encounter
with the washerwoman adds to the theory that the whole story is a dream. The
actual layout of the courtroom seems abnormal, with there being a massive
amount of people on two sides and the judge’s podium and a stand in the middle
of the room. K.’s experience in the courtroom causes the reader to further
question the legal system of this society. Firstly, the judge tells K. he is
late and should have been present an hour earlier, even though K. admits before
that he had no set appointment time and went to the courtroom at nine because
that is when it opens. During his examination, K. easily seems to take control
of the crowd and appears to turn the crowd against he judge, by saying the
legal system was taking advantage of an innocent man and caused him irritation
and inconvenience. I was very surprised, as was K., when all the people in the
courtroom belonged to the same group, which only supported my opinion that the
legal system is corrupt. I would also like to know what advantages the judge is
referring to, when he tells K. that K. lost many possible advantages from the
hearing.
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