What was K's crime?

>>10016048
It's an "original sin" sort of thing.

>>10016048
Being himself

>>10016048
not joining the revolution and subverting the parasitic system while he still could

>>10016087

this. K is every man, and bureaucracy will swallow every man.

one could make a passable argument that by the end, his crime is something like "inaction," but i don't think it was kafka's intention to hold that against him.

Not knowing the law. You, know, because Kafka was a jew and not knowing the torah is a jewish fault or something.

>>10016048
He was simply too handsome.

rejecting Jesus

Believing in committing a crime he did not actually commit

>>10016048
Claiming he wasn't guilty.

>>10016048
He was a good boy.

>>10016048
late for work

>>10017916
Just the reverse, he plays along with the machinations of guilt and condemns himself. He failed to reject the authority of his accusers whose only authority was his acceptance.

>>10016048
None. At least no crime that mattered.
>>10018197
I got it somewhere along these lines. But part of his fault was believing the system was just, made sense. IIRC, he refuses to seek help from unconventional sources, and believes that simply his innocence will guide him to victory. But since the system isn't logical, just or even all that concerened about him, it only leads to his death, which he in the end accepts (more or less).

I really like the "Before the Law" parable. I guess it's super open to introduction, but my personal intrepretation is that the man passively decides that there must be some way in, if only he can figure it out. The gatekeeper clearly says that none of his actions influence him and the gate remains locked, but the man neither leaves the palce or tries to force his way in. He just accepts the system as it is, and therefore never reaches the law.