“He doesn’t know his own judgment?” “No,” the officer repeated, pausing for an instant as if demanding a more detailed explanation of the question. The officer then said: “It would be no use informing him. He’s going to experience it on his
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A government with rules hidden from the condemned, a man to be judged with no trial and sentenced without defense. On top of that there’s no outright refusal but only acceptance about the rules. This short story perfectly encapsulates some of that major themes of Kafka in a concise yet gory way.
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