Kafka's The Trial: The Reality of Guilt "Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning (FK 1). " In his book entitled "The Trial," Franz Kafka introduces the reader to the main character and presents a major theme in the novel with this sentence. The sentence leads the readers to assume that (1) Joseph is a decent man, far from a criminal and (2) there is a flaw in the process itself. Kafka has composed this sentence in a way, which may influence the readers to believe that the arrest is a mistake. With these subtle context clues arises the question of guilt. Joseph's cri