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You open your eyes as if you were waking up to a typical morning, but it is not like that. In your room, two formally dressed, sullen men that you have never seen before tell you that you are under arrest. They do not even tell you what your crime is. There is a case against you.
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There is a large organization behind this arrest and today's interrogation. So, the reason for the existence of this organization, gentlemen? This is nothing more than the arrest of innocent people and the opening of meaningless, often fruitless investigations against them. (p. 66)
How familiar. Many people in our country experienced similar events a while ago, unfortunately. While I was reading this section, I remembered the late Prof. Turkan Saylan, whom I remember with respect. At that age and in his sick state, he faced such an accusation. What was behind it was later revealed. It came out but what's the use?
This is what happened to Josef K., the hero of our book. He is arrested, but he does not know what he is accused of. There is no court, judges and lawyers as we know it. At first he tries to defend himself alone, but when that fails, he gets support from a lawyer. But it is such a different system and order that things work. It doesn't go as expected at all. You wonder about the crime until the last page of the book.
While reading, you question many things: justice, laws, human relations, superstitions, values...
It's a book that everyone can draw different conclusions from while reading it.
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'Justice is lost among so many things, the court creates a crime when there is nothing.'
"My only crime was being human," says Kafka.
Happy reading everyone.
Franz Kafka
