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Why does K. have to go to the cathedral?
Why does K. have to go to the cathedral?
K. has to go to the cathedral because the director has sent him with the Italian to help the Italian understand the cathedral better.
What is K. doing to help the Italian?
What is K. doing to help the Italian?
K. is copying out obscure words from a dictionary to help the Italian understand the cathedral.
What is K.'s opinion of the Italian students?
What is K.'s opinion of the Italian students?
K. has a negative opinion of the Italian students and feels that they are harassing him because he is not like them.
Who interrupts K. and why?
Who interrupts K. and why?
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What motivates K. to help the Italian?
What motivates K. to help the Italian?
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Study Notes
- K. is tired and frustrated after spending the day with the director and the Italian.
- The Italian asks K. to accompany him to the cathedral and K. is happy to do so.
- The director sends K. with the Italian to the cathedral and K. is annoyed with the Italian at times.
- K. is copying out obscure words from a dictionary to help the Italian understand the cathedral.
- The Italian is causing K. a lot of effort, but K. is still motivated to help him.
- K. eventually finishes copying out the words and goes to the cathedral.
- K. is a university professor who is about to leave for the day to go to the cathedral, but he is interrupted by a telephone call from his friend Leni.
- Leni asks K. how he is and K. tells her he is fine, but he can't talk now because he has to go to the cathedral.
- Leni asks K. why he is going to the cathedral and K. tries to explain it to her, but Leni interrupts him and says she knows what's happening.
- K. leaves and tells Leni that the people harassing him are the Italian students.
- K. has a negative opinion of the Italian students and feels that they are harassing him because he is not like them.
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Test your understanding of the events in Kafka's The Castle involving K.'s visit to the cathedral and his interactions with the Italian and Leni.