Anmol Mishra answers “It was great until the end. What really...”

Marianne asked this question about The Trial:

It was great until the end. What really happened at the end? I got the impression that Mr. Kafka could think of no conclusion and just ended the story. Like maybe he was intending a sequel?

Anmol Mishra What the story actually is about is better left unfinished, because in this way many personal interpretations can be drawn. Kafka gave a hint in last …moreWhat the story actually is about is better left unfinished, because in this way many personal interpretations can be drawn. Kafka gave a hint in last to last chapter that everyone has a different door to enter the law. Now this 'Law' and 'the Court' of Kafka are certainly not the usual law or the usual court- they are something metaphysical and religious. And thus book must be interpreted uniquely by each man, for which its incompleteness is quite instrumental. I'm not saying that Kafka left it incomplete on purpose, it might have been an accident, but the story is more fulfilling to its purpose this way.(less)

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