In the third segment of this reading, as we come closer to K’s trial I still have not discovered the reason as to why K was arrested. Although I am still left with unanswered questions, there are a few clues stated in regards to K’s trial. The first one being that K is facing criminal charges and the second being K states he is innocent.
During this section, some new personality traits were revealed about K; seeing as the trial date is quickly approaching, K is trying to compose documents for his case. Although K struggles with the completion of the documents, he still finishes them. He submits them numerous times to be sure that they are looked at. This situation demonstrates examples of perseverance, devotion and determination.
Numerous new characters were introduced in this section of the novel. One of these new characters is K’s Uncle Karl. He is in the area visiting and insists on helping K out with his trial. He recommends hiring a lawyer- Huld, Thus the introduction of Huld the lawyer. Huld is very ill and is willing to try and help K with his case, but he makes no promises. Another character we meet in this section is Leni, Hulds nurse. Leni finds accused men extremely attractive, which provokes her lust towards K. K has mutual feeling of attraction towards Leni, this results in a secret romance between the two characters. The last new character introduced to us is Titorelli the artist. Titorelli is very knowledgeable about the court system and offers to help K win his case. The thing I found most interesting about Titorelli was that he seemed to know that K is innocent. I interpreted this as a possibility of Titorelli knowing something about K’s case that K himself is not aware of.
The author does a fantastic job at describing the setting in chapter 7. His detailed description enabled me to in vision the setting clearly in my mind. The setting that most stood out to me was found on pages 101-102; “In the great gateway to the building where the painter lived only one of the two doors was open, a hole had been broken open in the wall by the other door, and as K. approached it a repulsive, streaming liquid shot out causing some rats to scurry away into the nearby canal. Down by the staircase there was a small child lying in its belly crying, but it could hardly be heard because of the noise from the metal-workshop on the other side of the entrance hall, drowning out any other sound”. This setting is describing the building where Titorelli lives. By reading this I can assume that the location of this building is in a poorer area of the town. It seems to create a gloomy, eerie and uninviting atmosphere.
My final thoughts on this segment of the novel are; where did Ms. Burstner’s character go? Seeing as she has not been mentioned for quite some time, and finally the obvious question of; why is K under arrest?
Very descriptive post Nicole!
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