The Trial: Part 2

Chapter eight of The Trial ends by "This chapter was left unfinished (142)." This chapter ends randomly in the middle of a conversation  predominantly between Block and the lawyer. They were speaking about Block's trial as K. observes from the side. He listens closely to the conversation until that point, but it is not explained why the chapter ends so abruptly. Most likely, it is because the rest of the conversation does not have any influence upon K.'s thoughts. It is unnecessary to hear the rest because it gives no meaning to the work. Another theory is that K. left the room. Since the novel is limited to his point of view, he left room and the conversation ceases to be heard. Kafka leaves it incomplete to demonstrate the irrelavance of the words changed between the two people. Finally, the chapter's abruptness occurred because of the irrelavance to K.'s trial. Kafka did not want to focus on anything that did not elicit thought about K.'s case.