I have found that so far, my responses while reading The Trial are all the same. First, I almost automatically ask myself, “What the hell?” After this, I have to go back and read what I have just read, try to make sense of it, and attempt to tie it into the rest of what has happened at that point. The Trial is very different from most, if not all, of the books I have read.
At this point in the story, the reader is informed that it is not just K. who is confused by the court system. The woman introduces K. to the Clerk of Inquiries, the man who apparently knows everything there is to know about the court system. The Clerk is essentially the person who explains what he knows to others. The only reason I can see for there to be someone with this occupation is that the general population of the country the book is set in is also cloudy on exactly how their judiciary system works. This is very concerning; people cannot go on blind about these things. I cannot tell if the court system is corrupt or just extremely under developed.
The conditions in the office are extremely bizarre and only further validate the group’s theory that this could very well be a dream. If the book ends with K. waking up in his bed confused, I would not be surprised. How could the air inside an office be so debilitating that it causes health issues for K. and makes one of the other defendants waiting inside scream in pain when K. touches his arm? It sounds much too outlandish for this to actually be occuring in real life. Once K. leaves the office, he is back to his normal state of health. I could understand if the office was cold and other people were not used to the temperature. But, it seems as though the people who work in the office have become accustomed to an entirely different atmosphere.
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