Ryan (C.) I respectfully disagree with you; I believe that
chapter five is rather important in The
Trial. Maybe the chapter does little to advance the plot on the novel;
however, Kafka does not write his novels for plot. I think the reason that K.
wants to help the wardens is not because he sympathizes with them but because
he wants to relieve himself of the guilt of knowing that he caused them to suffer.
I like the parallel that you drew between K.’s situation and the warden’s
situation. I did not see that correlation, but it makes sense. I agree that when
the warden’s were being whipped it was interesting to see what they did to K.
from their perspective.
I was definitely
not proud of K. for trying to help the wardens. I believe that he should have
walked away and not bothered with the wardens. I think we all have a concern
for appearance like K. and Kafka was trying to show us that concern through K..
I too found it weird that
the wardens were being punished in a random closet in the building K. works at.
However, this is a Kafka story, so weird is normal. I too hope that something
interesting happens in this story because it is beginning to get extremely
painful to read.
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