ndants are attractive in their appearance for some reason. He also stated that while there is no physical change in appearance, any defendant can be picked out of a crowd with relative ease by a trained eye. While hulds revelation to K. about lenis attraction to all defendants did not attest to K.s guilt, it did serve an important purpose for the Law. K. was made to realize that he, a chief financial officer of a large bank, was just another defendant. His social and economic status were of little importance and he and someone such as block were considered as equals. This is a blow to K.s ego because he is arrogant and no doubt felt to superior to most of the other defendants. His dealings with the defendant in the offices of the court and his initial response to block point out his feelings of superiority. But even more disheartening to K. than the realization of equality to his peers is the notion that since he was in the same boat as block, he may end up like block. Blocks case had been going on for five years without even the first petition even being served. It was very distressing to K. that there was even the slightest possibility for him to become the pathetic, groveling, man that block was. K. voiced his disgust for a man like this when block knelt down before Huld to beg him for any information on the progression of his own case. K. feared these consequences greatly and felt that it was necessary for him to seek help from those who had knowledge of the Law. Even while he planed out his dismissal of huld, he was thinking of other contacts that he might be able to make. There are also two more important instances in this chapter that deserve mention. The first occurs directly before K. entered hulds office to inform the lawyer of his dismissal. While he is engaged in discussion with the merchant, Block mentioned to him a group of great lawyers who apparently know more of the Law than anyone else who did not work i...
