Franz Kafka Вђ“ The Trial -

Exactly one year later, on the eve of his 31st birthday, two men arrive to escort K. to a quarry. There, they execute him with a butcher's knife. His final words are, "Like a dog!".

: He finds court offices in the dusty attics of tenement buildings. Franz Kafka – The Trial

Unlike a typical arrest, K. is not taken to jail. He is allowed to continue his daily life and work at the bank, but he is now "accused". He spends the next year wandering through a bizarre, labyrinthine legal system: Exactly one year later, on the eve of

: In a cathedral, a priest tells him the story "Before the Law"—an allegory about a man who waits his entire life at a door meant only for him, but never gains entry because he never simply tries to walk through. His final words are, "Like a dog