The Trail by Franz Kafka

            In life, we are often faced with tasks where we as individuals are called to make decisions, to choose what is right and what is wrong. Making decisions has the possibility of changing your atmosphere, educationally, spiritually, physically, and psychologically. For example, Joseph K is the protagonist of the novel "The Trail," by Franz Kafka; where K unsuccessfully confronts arbitrary rules and a hopeless court system without knowing the crime with which he is guilt of. Kafka has a unique way of expressing in his writing. This novel is one of Kafka's best writings it is known because of the vision of bureaucracy. Has a pretty straight forward type of saying things, yet at the same time confusing because of the settings he writes about; that sense of darkness. In Kafka's writing he reflexes the some of his struggles he had as an individual. Another thing we can see is that K shares some characteristics that Kafka has in real life. They both had a really bad relationship with women, as well as feeling human alienation. Kafka's form of writing also has the name of Kafkaesque; this was because of his way of converting an insect into a person, the dark and narrow vision of the world. One of the things that most affected his writing as well was the lack of relationship he had with his father when he was a kid; in The Trail we can sense the feeling of isolation. One of the most unique aspects of this novel is that the audience is left with a huge amount of questions open for debate. Although, K. is ambitious, successful, demanding, curt a man of business he isn't the man people think he is. He is arrogant; he thinks he has lot of power, and intolerant of his perceived inferiors. Kafka's work is a world full of mazes in where society and authority dominates the individuals, which leads into injustice.
             The settings of this novel are quite confusing since they give you a perspective of a maze.