This part of The Trial was no written by Kafka himself. Despite this I believed that this chapter was very "Kafkaesque", and embodied many of Kafka's writing techniques and style. Mainly this chapter returned to the previous "dream-like" state seen previously in the novel. Once again people seem to materialize out of thin air, and random people seem to know more about K.'s trial then K. himself. One very random person who knew about K.'s case was the priest. I feel like this may be some social commentary on how the government works in Kafka's country. Unlike in the United States where religion and state are meant to be kept separate, here it seems that they may overlap. Most of the novel has focused on the pillar of government, and it's control over the people but now the pillar of the church is also brought into play.
K. is also beginning to become more and more consumed by his trial, it seems that he is becoming closer to Block from Chapter 8, and the other accused persons from previous chapters. It is evident that a trial in this society basically sucks the life out of the accused. Even though K. has not done very much recently to speed up or further his trial, his trial is continuing without him. Overall the fate of ones trial seems to rest more in a persons ability to manipulate, befriend and use others. Connections are more important then the truth.
As we get close to the ending of the book it is evident that we will never truly find out what K. was being accused of. Since the beginning of the book I assumed that we would never truly find out what was the purpose of his arrest, what I am interested in finding out is K's outcome. Because Kafka did not actually finish the novel, I am a bit frustrated and if I dislike the ending then I feel like I will be even more upset.
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