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245 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1925
...a disgusting, steaming yellow fluid poured forth, before which a rat fled into the nearby sewer. At the bottom of the steps a small child was lying face down on the ground, crying, but it could hardly be heard above the noise coming from a sheet metal shop鈥�We, humanity, are prostrate and bawling in a toxic wasteland, unloved and ignored by the absent parents. Not even passersby stop to help the child, or are even away, for the noise of industry drowns it out. This is a world where corporations are 鈥榩eople鈥� and actual lives are thrown to the gutter for 鈥榯he good of the company鈥�, where soulless abstract money-making concepts are given a higher priority than our own shared flesh-and-blood. The worst part is that we accept this. We tow the party line, we uphold something meaningless and only given power by our collective acceptance. 鈥�You may object that it is not a trial at all,鈥� says K. to the courtroom, 鈥�you are quite right, for it is only a trial if I recognize it as such.鈥� These are not political opinions I am presenting, just the fact that much of our society, economy and political structure exists only because we recognize it as so and prescribe meaning to something inherently meaningless.
They're talking about things of which they don't have the slightest understanding, anyway. It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.How like our world today where we accept opinions without wondering the qualifications; internet slander or a simple viral meme can destroy a life or an idea simply because it is funny even if it isn鈥檛 rooted in reality. K. is all of us, K. is the everyman, K. is us faced with the world around us. A world where trying to go up against it will only lead to frustration and futility. Through all his proceedings, all his legal advice, nothing is learned. Lawyers and confidants only seem to discuss the workings of the trial and court system; the more we learn, the less we understand. The system is so complicated that it stalemates itself, and it seems almost pointless to investigate. Is there purpose in assessing our lives, our condition in the world? Not if we address it with logic. This is futility. But, perhaps, if we assess it on it鈥檚 own terms, then even if our fate is still sealed we can glean a bit of insight.
I always snatched at the world with twenty hands, and not for a very laudable motive, either. That was wrong, and am I to show now that not even a year鈥檚 trial has taught me anything?His fate was already decided, and his efforts are in vain. It should come as no surprise, then, that K. is so suffocated in the stifling air of the court houses. Who wouldn鈥檛 feel faint and overcome with illness when beleaguered by the absurd where no assertion of innocence matters?
鈥楨veryone strives to attain the Law,' answers the man, 'how does it come about, then, that in all these years no one has come seeking admittance but me?' The doorkeeper perceives that the man is nearing his end and his hearing is failing, so he bellows in his ear: 'No one but you could gain admittance through this door, since this door was intended for you. I am now going to shut it.鈥�And later in this same conversation, 鈥渋t is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary.鈥�
"I see," said K., nodding, "these books are probably law books, and it is an essential part of the justice dispensed here that you should be condemned not only in innocence but also in ignorance." "That must be it," said the woman, who had not quite understood him.Judgment determined by accusation rather than by trial.
"We are only being punished because you accused us; if you hadn't, nothing would have happened, not even if they had discovered what we did. Do you call that justice?Guilty until proven less guilty. Less guilty via the right connections rather than the right evidence. Innocence with an expiration date. Complaints about any of the previous injustices accelerating the inevitable, and for what? The hope that the future might be better? What difference will that make to you, the individual life currently at stake? The invisible pendulum will still be suspended over the more invisible pit, and your every forthright movement will still be swallowed in the obscurity of the Law, and nothing will result but a building sense of anxiety and despair.
"No," said the priest, "it is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary."History repeats itself.
After all, K. lived in a state governed by law, there was universal peace, all statutes were in force; who dared assault him in his own lodgings?
The gradations and ranks of the court are infinite, extending beyond the ken even of initiates. The proceedings in the courts of law are generally a mystery to the lower officials as well; therefore they can almost never follow the progress of the cases they are working on throughout their course; the case enters their field of vision, often they know not whence, and continues on, they know not where.
An apparent acquittal is handled differently. There is no further change in the files except for adding to them the certification of innocence, the acquittal, and the grounds for the acquittal. Otherwise they remain in circulation; following the law court鈥檚 normal routine they are passed on to the higher courts, come back to the lower ones, swinging back and forth with larger or smaller oscillations, longer or shorter interruptions. These paths are unpredictable. Externally it may sometimes appear that everything has been long since forgotten, the file has been lost, and the acquittal is absolute. No initiate would ever believe that. No file is ever lost, and the court never forgets.
鈥濶u da prea mult膬 importan牛膬 comentariilor. Scriptura e invariabil膬 艧i comentariile nu s卯nt, adeseori, dec卯t expresia dezn膬dejdii comentatorilor鈥�.
鈥濳. lu膬 volumul de deasupra, 卯l deschise 艧i d膬du cu ochii de o gravur膬 indecent膬: un b膬rbat 艧i o femeie 艧edeau goi pe o canapea; inten牛ia gravorului fusese v膬dit obscen膬, dar st卯ng膬cia desenului f膬cea s膬 se vad膬 doar un b膬rbat 艧i o femeie exagerat de 牛epeni, care p膬reau c膬 ies din cadru 艧i nu izbuteau dec卯t cu greu s膬 se priveasc膬, din pricina perspectivei gre艧ite. K. nu r膬sfoi volumul mai departe, ci deschise un altul, la pagina titlului; avea acum 卯n fa牛膬 un roman intitulat: 芦Torturile pe care Grete le-a 卯ndurat de la so葲ul ei, Hans禄鈥�.
鈥濷pera lui Kafka a fost supus膬 unui adev膬rat viol 卯n mas膬 de c膬tre nu mai pu葲in de trei armate de interpre葲i. Cei care-l citesc pe Kafka drept o alegorie social膬 v膬d studii de caz ale frustr膬rilor 葯i absurdit膬葲ii nebune葯ti ale birocra葲iei moderne 葯i ale manifest膬rii ei ultime 卯n statul totalitar. Cei care-l citesc pe Kafka drept o alegorie psihanalitic膬 v膬d dezv膬luiri disperate ale spaimei 卯n fa葲a tat膬lui, anxiet膬葲i de castrare, sentimentul propriei neputin葲e, starea sa de sclav al propriilor vise. Cei care-l citesc pe Kafka drept alegorie religioas膬 arat膬 cum K. din Castelul 卯ncearc膬 s膬 ob葲in膬 accesul 卯n ceruri, cum Joseph K. din Procesul este judecat de tainica 葯i inexorabila dreptate a lui Dumnezeu...鈥� (脦mpotriva interpret膬rii, Bucure葯ti: Editura Univers, 2000, pp.18-19).
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賵卮賰賱 孬賱丕孬鬲賴賲 賰賷丕賳賸丕 賵丕丨丿丕
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睾乇夭 丕賱乇噩賱 丕賱爻丕胤賵乇 毓賲賷賯賸丕 賮賷 賯賱亘賴 賵賱賮賴 賲乇鬲賷賳
賰賲丕 賷賲賵鬲 丕賱賰賱亘-賯丕賱 賰
賱賯丿 賳爻賷鬲 兀賳 兀爻兀賱賰 兀賷 賳賵毓 賲賳 廿禺賱丕亍 丕賱爻亘賷賱 鬲乇賷丿責 賮賴賳丕賰 孬賱丕孬丞 兀賳賵丕毓: 丕賱兀賵賱 賵 賴賵 廿禺賱丕亍 丕賱爻亘賷賱 丕賱賳賴丕卅賷. 賵 丕賱孬丕賳賷 廿禺賱丕亍 爻亘賷賱 氐賵乇賷. 賵 丕賱孬丕賱孬 鬲兀噩賷賱 睾賷乇 賲丨丿丿 丕賱賲丿丞.廿禺賱丕亍 丕賱爻亘賷賱 丕賱賳賴丕卅賷 賴賵 賲丨囟 丕爻胤賵乇丞 賱賲 鬲丨丿孬 廿賱丕 賮賷 丨賰丕賷丕鬲 丕賱夭賲賳 丕賱睾丕亘乇 賵 賱丕 爻亘賷賱 賱賱鬲兀賰丿 賲賳賴丕.
賱賰賳 丕賱賳丕爻 噩賲賷毓丕 賱丕 賷賮賰乇賵賳 賮賷 賯囟丕賷丕賴賲 賲孬賱賲丕 鬲賮毓賱 兀賳鬲. 賮兀賳丕 賲孬賱丕 賯丿 賯亘囟 毓賱賷 兀賷囟丕 賱賰賳賳賷 賱賲 兀賯丿賲 兀賷丞 賲爻鬲賳丿丕鬲 賵 賱賲 兀丨丕賵賱 兀賳 兀賮毓賱 卮賷卅丕 賲賳 兀賷 賳賵毓. 賴賱 鬲毓鬲賯丿 兀賳 賱賴匕賴 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 兀賴賲賷丞責亘胤賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賴賵 噩賵夭賷賮 賰. 兀賲丕 噩賵夭賷賮 賮賴賵 丕爻賲 丕賱賳亘賷 賷賵爻賮 兀卮賴乇 亘乇賷亍 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱睾賷乇 毓丕丿賱 亘丕賱賲乇丞 賵 毓賱賶 賲乇 丕賱毓氐賵乇. 賵 兀賲丕 賰 賮賯丿 賷賰賵賳 賴賵 賰丕賮賰丕 賳賮爻賴 賵 賯丿 賷賰賵賳 兀賳鬲 兀賵 兀賳丕 兀賵 兀賷 賮乇丿 兀乇賾賯賴 賲氐賷乇賴 賵 賮賰乇 賮賷 賱丨馗丞 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賵 噩丿賵賶 丕賱胤乇賷賯.
賯丕賱 丕賱賰丕賴賳 賵 賴賵 賷賲丿 賷丿賴 賱賲氐丕賮丨丞 賰:賵 賲賳 賲賳丕 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 賷鬲亘賷賳 丕賱胤乇賷賯 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱馗賱丕賲 丕賱丿丕賲爻. 馗賱賲丕鬲 亘毓囟賴丕 賮賵賯 亘毓囟 廿匕丕 兀禺乇噩 賷丿賴 賱賲 賷賰丿 賷乇丕賴丕. 賵 爻購亘購賱 賲鬲賮乇賯丞 毓賱賶 乇兀爻 賰賱 賲賳賴丕 卮賷胤丕賳 賲爻鬲毓丿 賵 賲鬲卮賵賯 賱兀賳 賷兀禺匕 亘賷丿賰 廿賱賶 胤乇賷賯 丕賱囟賱丕賱.
丨爻賳丕 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 鬲匕賴亘.
賱賰賳賳賷 賱賳 兀爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 兀噩丿 丕賱胤乇賷賯 廿賱賶 丕賱禺丕乇噩 亘賲賮乇丿賷 賵爻胤 賴匕丕 丕賱馗賱丕賲.
丕賳毓胤賮 廿賱賶 賷爻丕乇 丕賱丨丕卅胤 孬賲 爻乇 亘噩賵丕乇 丕賱噩丿丕乇 丨鬲賶 鬲氐賱 廿賱賶 丕賱亘丕亘.
賯丕賱 丕賱賰丕賴賳 匕賱賰 賵 丕亘鬲毓丿 毓賳 賰 禺胤賵鬲賷賳 賮丕囟胤乇 賰 兀賳 賷氐賷丨:
丕賳賳賷 兀賳鬲馗乇.
兀賱丕 鬲乇賷丿 賲賳賷 卮賷卅丕 丕賱兀賳責
賱丕.
賱賯丿 賰賳鬲 鬲毓丕賲賱賳賷 亘乇賯丞 賱賮鬲乇丞 賵 賯丿 卮乇丨鬲 賱賷 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賵 丕賱兀賳 鬲鬲乇賰賳賷 兀匕賴亘 賵 賰兀賳賰 賱丕 鬲賴鬲賲 亘賷 賲胤賱賯丕.!
賱賰賳賰 賲囟胤乇 賱賱乇丨賷賱.
賳毓賲. 賵 賱賰賳賰 鬲乇賶 兀賳賳賷 賱丕 兀毓乇賮 丕賱胤乇賷賯.