Josef K’s bedside table has a candle, a box of matches, a book and a pin cushion. These are the typical paraphernalia of a reader. He needs a book, a matchbox to light his matchstick, to light his candle, and a pin cushion, to prick himself awake if he is feeling sleepy.

Josef K, is a character in Franz Kafka’s unfinished book titled The Trial. he works in a bank. He stays in a rented room in Mrs Grubach’s house. He thinks he is her favorite tenant.

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