Sunday, October 27, 2013

Raoul's 5th Response


After reading the last installment of The Trial all I have to say is “What the F***”. At first the book made sense and flowed logically; however, it became gradually more and more strange. In the last installment I found myself repeatedly reading a page then saying, “What the hell did I just read” then I would reread it and still be lost. I think that Kafka did this on purpose, but it is annoying.
The conditions within the offices are kind of sickening, literally and figuratively. The filthy, unclean, “hardly breathable” air is not acceptable in a office, especially a government office. I find the need of a position of the Clerk of Inquiries to be explanatory for the society, especially since “a great deal of information is asked for (from him)”. The society should at least have a small understanding of its own legal system; however, it is blatantly obvious that it does not. This makes me wonder if all of this is caused because the society is under-developed or because the society is corrupt.
One of the cool things I found in the last installment of The Trial, was the pun in the title. The trial, which you would think is just a legal trial, is also a trial as in a test. I found it kind of ironic that at the end of chapter three K. was bragging about “withstanding [the trail] with such ease” (pg. 73).
Finally the big question for is still what the hell is K. Being charged with!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ve realized we are probable never going to get the answer to that question.

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