Essay Thesis: In The Trial by Frank Kafka Joseph’s flaws as a man is what causes him to lose in the trial.
Argument: 3 Quotes to support it
1
Joseph is egoistic and he has a superiority complex, which sets him off for a bad start in his own trial.He believes he can win at any moment but hes just being light on it. He is unwilling to change.
1 . The lie made into the rule of the world. K. pg 264
2. He thought to himself, do I really have to carry on getting tangled up with the chattering of base functionaries like this? pg 9
3. Was he not still free, so free that he could crush the entire court whenever he wanted pg 67
2
Joseph treats women like a property that he owns. He is rich and feels that he can buy everything with money. He believes that women are objects that are either seducers or supporters
It briefly crossed his mind that the woman meant to entrap him on behalf of the court, but that was an objection he had no difficulty in fending Pg 67
“the judge would go to the womans
bed late one night and find it empty. And it would be empty because she belonged to K., Pg 68
3 . Im accumulating women to help me, he thought to himself almost in amazement, first Miss Burstner, then the court ushers wife, and now this little care assistant who seems to have some incomprehensible need for me. The way she sits on my lap as if it were her proper place! Pg 130
3
Joseph fights his case in the the court and argues about his innocence that makes him look guilty to the the court
1″Please dont ask me for names, but stop making this mistake, stop being intransigent, no one can resist this court, you just have to confess. Confess at the next opportunity. Its only then theres a possibility of escaping,.” p 77
2 “Im sure you know the court much better than I do. I dont know much more than what Ive heard about it, though from very different people. But they all agreed on one thing: charges are not brought lightly, Pg 178
3″Look, Willem, he admits he doesnt know the law and at the same time claims hes innocent. Pg 9
Above are the 3 arguments and the 3 quotes that you need to write about. If any questions do let me know.
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