Ryan's Response to Natalie

Like Natalie points out, the scene in the court offices continued the bizarreness of The Trial. Like Natalie, I also wondered why K. did not ask the information giver about his trial after the other official told K. the giver knew everything about the law and the courts. That scene furthers Kafka’s style of writing an unpredictable story in which what the reader thinks is going to happen and what actually happens do not usually coincide. I agree with Natalie in that K. is a very proud man and does not want to appear below anyone and does not want to be judged, which is probably why he did not ask any questions about his case. Also, the reason K. did not ask about his case is that he did not want to draw attention to himself, which he was worried about when he entered the offices. Natalie makes a very good point by noting the importance of the stagnant air that seems to be everywhere in the court system. Like Natalie I think the suffocating air represents the judicial system as a whole because the air lurks around and follows people. The air is always around but it goes usually unnoticed until it has an impact on a person. The judicial system was always in place in this society but K. did not realize the fault of the court system until he was arrested and put on trial much like he did not realize the staleness of the air until he was unable to stand.