After the first three or four chapters, The Trial has gotten significantly more stale. I honestly don't know where the novel is going at this point. At least after reading the first three chapters, the reader still has a lot of interest in where the novel is going to end up. But now, the novel just seems redundant and repeating itself over and over again. The sequence (to me) seems to be going like this: Lead the reader on, confuse the reader with some dense dream like setting and analytical b.s. that doesn't change the plot of the story, and then finally change the plot only a bit to keep the reader inclined to see what happens at the end. I continuously find myself re-reading the pages to get a firm grip on the message being displayed, but still usually fail at that simple goal.
My frustration aside, I'll attempt some analytical perspective of K:
K. has progressively become obsessed and addicted to thinking about his situation more than I usually become with homework assignments, which is very telling to the person that K. is turning into. He is slowly transforming into a lazy, obsessed, and useless human being compared to the person he once was. He initially was this hardworking, successful banker who now has turned into basically a shlub. Furthermore, K.'s visit to Titorelli's house seems to cement the idea presented in the lecture. K. is basically screwed, and there is no way of getting out of this situation. The biggest conundrum that his visit presents is that he cannot do anything in his power to get off as innocent, but that he is going to be guilty for something he doesn't even realize he's done. The idea of being born guilty, and not being able to change that idea no matter how much work you put into it, screams volumes in this novel, and seems like it will be even more evident as the conclusion unfolds itself.
same
ReplyDelete