lawyer/manufacture/painter

This chapter was very interesting. I fell really bad for K because it seems as if his trial is getting absolutely nowhere. he feels that it would be getting somewhere if he took matters into his own hands, i agree with that but i do not see how that is possible.

I did not fully understand how this titorelli guy gets in the picture, or how he is supposed to help K. Just because he paints portraits of the judges dosent necessarily mean that he knows what is going on with K's trial.

I am really looking forward to reading the end of this book!

End

So I just started reading the last chapters of the book and I am excited to finish.

Not pleased

So I'm pretty dissappointed so far by the book. Everything always remains so unclear. It's past the point of suspense, at least for me, it just seems dragged out. I don't know if this makes sense but I feel like all the characters we are being introduced to are just distracting. Some of them aren't relevant to the trial and when the book goes in to detail about them I get frustrated that it's a waste of time.

Ok, I think I thought of a possible theme. Throughout the past couple chapters I've definitely noticed one thing for sure: K. has 0 friends. Literally...no mention of even a distant friend has been made. I'm wondering if K. has a hard time forming and keeping relationships with others? I mean, he said that he hadn't seen or talked to his uncle for awhile. He also said that he felt regret for not having spoken to his cousin (his uncle's daughter) for quite some time. In addition to the distances found within he and his family members, the only person he seems to actually want to have a relationship with is nowhere to be found [Fraulein Burstner].

This is already a start for a topic like that, so I'm sure that there will be more examples I can use throughout the rest of the story. Any thoughts?

HELP!

What are you guys doing for your themes for the paper? I'm having a hard time developing a topic that I feel that I'll be able to sufficiently write about.

The Randomness of Kafka

All of the sudden after K. is accompanied by the Usher he finds himself not being able to breathe properly in the midst of the mustiness and damp air found in the dreadful law offices. I literally have no idea why this would be in the book.. Many things he writes I feel like there will be a reason for putting them in, but this part just seems like a waste of space. Maybe we'll find out later.

Also.. I'm wondering if this [the title that I made for this post] could be a possible topic for the paper we're writing later on. Does anybody have any feedback or suggestions about this? Maybe there is not a sufficient amount of information from the book to support the idea, idk. Someone help!

Fräulein Burstner's Friend

So after reading this chapter, it only brought me further away from making a conclusion on where the stories plot is going. I do agree somewhat with Gram on understanding the importance of several roles in the story. For instance I still am not sure what is Fraulin Burstner's importance other that to bug Joseph. Also did k. and Burstner have an affair or relationship not mentioned yet or that I never picked up on. This whole chapter was just about Burstner's friend, Montag, explaining why Burstner felt no need for a meetin between the two of them. Also I am guessing that the captain and Montag maybe have a role to play in the trial and that they have been moved there for an extra eye on k. or something amongst those lines.