Ryan 2nd 500 Words

As K. takes steps to move his trial forward, he usually meets a new woman in every chapter; the interactions between K. and the several women reveal K.’s superiority complex and overbearing presence. K. develops interesting relationships with the women in the novel, he is involved with most of the women both casually and romantically. Beginning with Ms. Bürstner in the first few chapters, K. is involved romantically with Ms. Bürstner, and is preoccupied with Ms. Bürstner’s thoughts about K. He seeks to apologize to Ms. Bürstner for the actions of the police officers who took over her room, K.’s mission seemed rather odd since he was apologizing for the actions of other people. The only other woman K. is involved with for more than a few chapters is Leni, whom is also associated with Huld, K.’s lawyer. K. clearly wants a romantic relationship with Leni as she distracts him immensely form his trial. K.’s actions regarding the women of the novel reveal a considerable amount about the character that is K. For example, the women show K.’s possessive nature. When K. first meets the washerwoman, he quickly develops an attraction to her, after visiting her apartment and learns that she is basically the court official’s sex slave, K. becomes rather enraged, not because he thinks she is being taken advantage of, but because K. want the washerwoman to himself. The women also show K.’s general uninterest and nonchalant attitude about his trial, most clearly noticed with Leni. Rather than discuss his situation and options about his trial with Huld, K. walks around following Leni attempting to spark a relationship. Huld notices K.’s disinterest and questions why K. is not in the room discussing the trial. K. then becomes rather defensive and begins the train of thoughts to fire Huld. K.’s actions with Leni show that he is not taking the trial seriously and thinks everything will work itself out, revealing and external locus of control. Furthermore, K. is overly concerned with appearances and people’s perception of K., his action s with women show this. For example, K. visits the court offices and is approached by a man and a woman, despite becoming claustrophobic and having a minor panic attack, K. continues to declare that he does not need help because he is in the presence of a woman. The several minor roles gives the women of trial, may seem insignificant, but the encounters between K. and the women reveal a great deal about K.’s nature.