The Trial: last blog

As the Kafka's novel The Trial is coming to a close, K. goes to a cathedral to show the culture of his city to an Italian businessman. However, the man never presents himself. K. finds himself alone with the prison chaplain. The priest knows of the case and offers an analogy: "A man from the countryside comes up to the door and asks for entry. But the doorkeeper says he can't let him in to the law right now (154)." The analogy is a reference to the general guidelines for the accused. The doorman is the lawyers; the other doormen, who the man never sees, are the higher officials. The man asks entry but is refused. Then, he waits for entry everyday as his life passes. He waits continually and constantly asks the doorman to let him in. He tries to bribe and pester his way, but the man stays firm by disallowing the countryman. Like the countrymen, the indicted people come to learn about the law but are barred by the complication of the task. They look to the lawyers to help but they do not in the slightest. Finally, they spend their entire lives trying to find justice but it is never found.