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Originally Posted by pilotbob
15. Write a detailed essay on the courtrooms and the procedure of the courts in bringing the accused to trial.
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Well Bob we'd be here all day posting and reading if we answered all those questions!
In ref to #15-Don’t think I have the time or inclination to do a detailed essay. After all, I finished school many years ago!
But, here are my thoughts on The Trial:
Although the book started out interesting it soon lost my interest. I only hung on until the end to see if Kafka ever found out why he was arrested. When this book was written maybe people were arrested for an unknown reason. Can you imagine being arrested and not being told why? How could you possibly defend yourself! In today’s society I don’t believe anyone would settle for this and of course there are many laws to protect citizens from this happening. But could he have been part of a secret society (mob?) and it was their “court” he was going thru?
When Kafka went to his first trial (and I believe the only one) it seemed unreal. Like it was fake. So Kafka acted like a pompous jerk. I think he felt he was superior to the people attending. I would want to know why this court was so secret and hidden away in an attic. The only way you knew about it was to be arrested or knew someone else who got arrested?
The whipping scene was strange (and in the bank too!). Then to have the scene still going on the next day (or was that a dream)!?
I feel at the end Kafka felt he had no choice (or still thought it was a dream) to go with his executioners. Wasn’t the businessman still fighting his case after five years?
Overall, glad I finished the book. Don’t think I will be reading it again.