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 crime is never directly stated anywhere in the novel. It remains an enigma to the reader and to Joseph. Ultimately, at the end, Joseph is executed superficially without conviction. Probing d....

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