At the end of Franz Kafka’s The Trial, the priest tells Josef K. a parable about a man from the country. In this parable the man is simultaneously denied access to the law by the doorkeeper and by his belief in the authority of the doorkeeper. It may be argued that in this parable, as well as the novel more generally, individuals produce the power of the law and maybe even the law itself through the man’s adherence to its mythological command. This proposition resonates closely with Michel Foucault’s description of disciplinary power. Drawing on Foucault’s chapter “Docile Bodies” from Discipline and Punish, relevant course material, and examples from The Trial, write a 2000 word essay on whether you think Josef K. is subject to the heavy hand of the law, or is actively producing the law through his adherence to its assumed rituals. You have a copy of The Trial, and a pdf of Foucault’s chapter is posted on CU Learn.