The Trial

Main Ideas

• Accusation without assignment of guilt and the possibility of defense symbolizes the individual's powerlessness against the system
• Bureaucracy as an absurd, impenetrable, and bloated system, demonstrating alienation and impersonality
• The lack of meaning and purpose as the foundation of human existence in a depersonalized society
• Human loneliness and isolation in a world where interpersonal relationships are reduced and formalized
• Guilt and self-accusation as internal components of personality, leading to self-destruction
• The contrast between the external world and the internal world of the protagonist, the struggle to maintain personal identity
• The absurdity and irrationality of social and legal norms, causing feelings of helplessness and despair