Natalie's Response to Ryan C.

I thought it was interesting that Ryan stated that he believed Kafka was toying with the reader by using situational irony. I think that this was an interesting point made even though I had never really looked at it that way. Kafka makes it seem like many events may happen but then it usually turns out the opposite way. When the two officials walk up to K. they act the opposite way one would suppose, I would go as far to say that they act “unofficial”. I felt like the man, the Clerk of Inquiries, was just making fun of him at one point and laughing at him. I would think that they would ask questions as to why he’s there but instead they just talk about him as if he were not even present, another point Ryan brings up. I feel like it is not just this section in which Kafka focuses on how K appears to the people surrounding him, like Ryan stated, rather it is in every section. K. is always worried as to how people might view him which is why he always has a very pompous attitude and in this section its no less. When he doesn’t want the usher to walk ahead of him its because he worries about how people may view him since he seems like he just got arrested. Although I do agree with Ryan that it was strange that they have this one man which they refer to as the only well dressed man in the whole court offices.