Kafka's The Trial: The Reality Of Guilt
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"Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having
done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning (FK 1). " In his book
entitled "The Trial," Franz Kafka introduces the reader to the main
character and presents a major theme in the novel with this sentence. The
senten ....
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.... In 'The Trial," Joseph may not be
guilty in the sense of committing a sin, but could be guilt itself.
An important note to keep in mind while reading "The Trial" is Kafka's
structural organization of paragraphs. Most of the paragraphs are
confusing and lengthy; some even more than one or two pages long. In
chapter two when Joseph is speaking at the Court of Inquiry, he is abruptly
interrupted by the shrieks of a woman. Kafka explains the scene in almost
two pages, paying extreme attent ....
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