Trial
Published posthumously in 1924 by Kafka’s friend, Max Trod, after his death, The Trial is a criticism of a totalitarian form of government, which traps an individual into systems of oppression and inhibits them from any means of escape. The protagonist of the story, Josef K, is accused of a crime that he didn’t commit. The absurdity of the entire ordeal, however, is that the nature of the crime is...
Published posthumously in 1924 by Kafka’s friend, Max Trod, after his death, The Trial is a criticism of a totalitarian form of government, which traps an individual into systems of oppression and inhibits them from any means of escape. The protagonist of the story, Josef K, is accused of a crime that he didn’t commit. The absurdity of the entire ordeal, however, is that the nature of the crime is...
