Elena+The+Trial

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 * __THE TRIAL __**** -Franz Kafka **
 * ~Elena Christensen

==**"Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning." (Kafka, 1) ** ==


 * **Title: The Trial**
 * **Author: Franz Kafka**
 * **Original Language: German**
 * **Genre: Philosophical/Mystery**
 * **Year Published: 1925**
 * **Finished Work: No**
 * **Film: 1962 & 1993**
 * **Location of the Original Manuscript: Museum of Modern Literature **

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 * <span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; font-size: 16pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: black; font-family: Boopee;">The next week, K returns to the place where he located the court only to find the woman who had initially let him in alone. She informs him that there will be no council that day, but she speaks to him for some time. After some strange words and occurrences with this woman and her husband, K decides that this situation is too frivolous to take very seriously. He vows to rise above the level of these trivial people and events. **
 * <span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; font-size: 16pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: black; font-family: Boopee;">As Joseph is leaving for work, awhile later, he hears sighs from behind a door. He enters to find his 2 warders from the beginning of his ordeal being whipped, the reason of cause being what was said by Joseph himself in the inquiring court. His attempts to apologize and explain go relatively unnoticed and he excuses himself and departs for the bank. **
 * <span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; font-size: 16pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: black; font-family: Boopee;">When K’s uncle hears of the trial, he comes to town and bid K join him on a visit to a lawyer. A series of unfortunate events take place at the residence of this lawyer, and K is told that the goings of his case could be negatively affected by these proceedings. **
 * <span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; font-size: 16pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: black; font-family: Boopee;">Over time, Joseph worries about his trial, contemplating the facts. He becomes quite frustrated with the whole situation and goes to great lengths to get solid facts about his trial and the court. As he gets more answers, he makes more decisions to move forward, such as dismissing his lawyer. **
 * <span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; font-size: 16pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: black; font-family: Boopee;">Nearing the conclusion of the book, many more similarly puzzling events take place involving K, many seemingly focused on removing him from his office. The conclusion is thoroughly unexpected, with little foreshadowing earlier in the text. **
 * <span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; font-size: 16pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: black; font-family: Boopee;">As this novel was never finished, many chapters are cut short, making the novel more confusing than even it is meant to be. **
 * <span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; font-size: 18pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: red; font-family: Boopee;">Purpose & Theme **
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 * <span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; font-size: 16pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: black; font-family: Boopee;">Another illusion used by the offense is their mental influence. By inferring that K has done something wrong, he is more inclined to, in future, regarding it a done deal, act against his better judgment. They are increasingly contributing to K’s dementia, but not as well as they exp ****<span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; font-size: 16pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: black; font-family: Boopee;">ect, as one may discover in the final pages of the book. **

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 * (<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Viewer discretion advised. Scroll over to read text > <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">May be slightly disturbing for violent language and over the shoulder view of murder )**

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(This 5 part series of videos may help you to further understand the reading.)

[|The Trial Video (5/5)] < Same as video above
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-size: 120%;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <span style="display: block; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-size: 120%;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 120%;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">** Works Cited ** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">** "Franz Kafka Biography." __Franz Kafka Biography__. 26 Mar. 2009 <http://www.kafka-franz.com/kafka-Biography.htm>. **
 * Kafka, Franz. __Trial__. New York: Schocken Books, 1988. **
 * "Random House, Inc. Academic Resources | Titles of Academic Interest for Universities and Colleges." __Random House - Bringing you the best in fiction, nonfiction, and children's books.__ 27 Mar. 2009 <http://www.randomhouse.com/acmart/catalog/author.pperl?authorid=14934>. **
 * Solove, Daniel. "Josef K. &acirc;€“ Justice Denied. Again." Weblog post. __Prawfs Blawg__. 23 June 2005. 27 Mar. 2009 <http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2005/06/josef_k_justice.html>. **
 * "The Trial - Vox." __SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE - Vox__. 27 Mar. 2009 <http://shinyhappypeople.vox.com/library/book/6a00f48ce8e479000300fae8dcc0fd000b.html>. **
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Boopee; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">"YouTube - The Trial 5/5." __YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.__ 27 Mar. 2009 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URvsVquI_Pc>. **

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