The Trial” tells the story of Josef K., a bank officer who is arrested one morning without being told his crime. Throughout the novel, he tries to understand what he has been accused of and to navigate a complex, mysterious court system. However, no clarity ever comes. Josef is trapped in a bureaucratic nightmare, leading to confusion, fear, and isolation.

Finally, after futile efforts to prove his innocence, two men take him away and execute him “like a dog,” with Josef never knowing what he was accused of.