The way I managed to interpret Franz Kafka’s piece “Before the Law” was relating power and the aspect of life in general. The man from the country approaches the gatekeeper in hopes of gaining access to the law. The law being something that is accessible to everyone, as stated by the man himself. The gatekeeper at first doesn’t grant him the access. The man asks again and he gets a “its possible…. but not for now” answer. So after closely reading, it can be interpreted that the gatekeeper has power and the man is someone of lower power. The gatekeeper would mock the man in a way because he would see that the man was in fact initimated so that made the gatekeeper constantly reminding him that he has power and the further he gets, the higher in power the other gatekeepers will get. After a long time insisiting, the man grows old and is starting to die. The gatekeeper asks the man before dying, what does he want to know? The man wants to know that out of all who work so hard to gain entry, what makes him any different and the gatekeeper responds with “Here no one else can gain entry, since this entrance was assigned only to you. I’m going now to close it.” This story in a way proves that everyone in life has some power the hold. Whether it is given to us, in the sense that we are being classified based off of our class or whether you use yourself to the bestt advantage. The man knew that he wanted to know the law, to be the law but after facing a huge obstacle which was the gatekeeper, he didn’t try to strive for it as much as he could of. He kind of just let it slip right out of his hands despite insiting on it for a bit in the beginning. When the gatekeeper saw that he was the obstacle, he did what he could to remain it. In life, you have goals and once you embark on that road, it is in your power whether you use it to your advantage. As the man said, out of everyone who worked so hard, why didn’t he gain access? The gatekeeper responds with that no one can gain you the access cause only the man had the ability too.