The Trial by Franz Kafka is a work of psychological terror that hints of the totalitarian excesses of the 20th century.The story follows the sudden and unexpected arrest, of a bank clerk, Josef K., by mysterious agents from an unspecified agency, for an unknown crime Though released, Josef's life is tormented by nightmarish legal and bureaucratic procedures, from which he attempts to find release.Kafka focuses on the powerlessness of man in the face of state power and .Josef's excruciating but inevitable downward spiral.