Herr Huld’s physical illness represents not only his inability to make positive progress in K.’s case, but also the courts relentless and dissatisfying process, resulting in K being unable to achieve self-justification or satisfaction with his conscience. Throughout The Trial, Herr Huld plays a significant role in not only the development of K.’s case, but also in introducing the idea that K’s propositional approach to his conscience has an effect on the verdict of his trial. K. suffers from a disillusion that the way the experience’s the world is always reality. The bedridden lawyer presents for K. the objective truth that he is not able to use reason and facts to soothe his conscience. After examining the purpose of Huld’s presence in The…show more content… From the start of the novel, K. intently focuses on his observation of facts to place his conscience at ease. His detailed observations of his arrestor, a man “wearing a close-fitting black suit… equipped with pleats, pockets, buckles, buttons, and a belt,” implies that in a time of confusion, K. searches for concrete facts to ground him. K. desires for these facts to provide reason to his situation. He believes his knowledge and observation of physical reality will produce clarity. This theme of connecting rationality to the conscience carries on throughout the rest of the…show more content… decided to take charge of his own case not only because he wasn't getting the affirmation he desired, but also because he was beginning to lose his identity by remaining a client of the lawyer. After observing Block’s interaction with Huld, K. realizes when the accused rely on a lawyer, “the client ceased to be a client and became the lawyer’s dog.” (139) In K.’s pursuit for satisfaction and justification, he compromised his moral identity. Ultimately, K. was killed “like a dog” (165) because he let himself become consumed by the facts of society, which objectified him to his guilt; while proving that internal judgment required him to become one with
