Natalies Response to Raoul

Like Raoul I believed that this chapter made more sense then previous chapters and was probably more realistic. Similar to Raoul, I believed that our lecture made it easier to see the dynamics of the institutions that are acting on K., which in this case are family and the government. I also believe that that discussion also made it easier to understand the novel. I also thought that Karl was being very pushy and trying to get him to care more about the case, and it does make sense because if this is occurring to someone you care about you would usually try to help. I thought it was interesting that Raoul points out how Karls actions aren’t truly altruistic because he does not want K. to hurt their families name and reputation. I also agree that I thought it was good that K was going to finally see a lawyer, but by the end of the chapter it seems that it doesn’t really matter if he has a lawyer or not it will most likely no help much. This is frustrating because not only do we not know what he is on trial for, it seems like there is no way to avoid it. I did not have as strong feelings towards Leni as Raoul did, but mostly because that part sort of confused me. It seemed like K. was also trying to get something from Leni and that he was using her.