Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Quite the Tiger Woods
The main character of Franz Kafka's The Trial has an interesting knack. It seems that whenever K. encounters a woman, they tend to throw themselves at him. His landlady strangely crazes his approval and desires that all his wishes are filled. Many women have offered to help him with his trial after encountering his charm. However, this quality makes him a less likable character to the reader, as he already has a woman. It seems that he and a woman named Elsa have some kind of relationship, which K. consistently disregards to enjoy other women. His charm is evident at one point, when a woman he just met says about Elsa, "...but you wouldn't miss her much if you lost her or if you exchanged her for somebody else, me for instance," (Kafka, 79). While this is not a very likable attribute to a reader, it may prove helpful to K. during his trial. He is charismatic, and has the ability to make people like him immediately. If he is able to continue to be offered help, he may be able to find a way to avoid conviction of whatever crime he has been accused of. K.'s personality is truly an odd one, as he tends to either make people gravitate to him, or completely isolate them.
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