In America Karl Rossmann is 'packed off to America by his parents' to experience Oedipal and cultural isolation. so, as Max Brod commented, 'the innocence of his fantasy gives this book if advanture its peculiar colour.'Both Joseph K in The Trial and K in The Castle are victims of anonymous governin...

In America Karl Rossmann is 'packed off to America by his parents' to experience Oedipal and cultural isolation. so, as Max Brod commented, 'the innocence of his fantasy gives this book if advanture its peculiar colour.'Both Joseph K in The Trial and K in The Castle are victims of anonymous governing forces beyond their control.