The Parable - The Guardian The parable is simple and straightforward. This foreshadows K's death. Although that's not all. The character of the doorman is interesting. It is made up of all the characters that K has interacted with that have to do with his case. The porter is a mixture of the guards, the inspector, the laundress, the district judge, the lawyer and the two men who kill him. History is an easy gift. He tells K what happened in the past and what will happen to him next. The story and its content itself are not really important, we know how the plot of the novel is going to unfold, almost from the beginning. The importance lies in the discussion that K has with the priest. The story was a simple and poetic way of summarizing the entire novel. The main part of the story that is worth seeing and discussing is the multiple character of the doorman. The first doorman character we see is the guards. When the man goes to the place of justice, he meets the doorkeeper. The doorman does not allow him to enter. This is reminiscent of how K was treated by the guards when he tried to discover his protégé. The refusal of entry into the house of justice can be considered as the incarceration to which K was subjected. However, it appeared that most of the obstacles to entry into the house of law can be compared to judges. When the doorman says that K may be allowed in later, this calls the inspector back. He tries to act like K's friend and gives him no comfort by saying he doesn't know anything. The inspector says he knows nothing about the accusation against the man and is probably the only one on his side. The doorman never says this to the man, but the man finds the doorman his only friend. The doorman's attitude, that he may seem small, but the guys who follow him get bigger and worse, is reminiscent of the way the washerwoman talks about the judge. The way she says that this judge is quite nice and it's not worth confronting them all is exactly how the gatekeeper talks about the gatekeepers who succeed him. The small interludes during which the doorman converses with him recall the lawyer's particular attitude towards K. Even if the conversations were brief, they showed that the doorman was not made of stone and that he there was a certain emotion behind the system. that's pretty much what the lawyer is there for. he's not really doing a good job for K, but he's trying to make him feel better. When the doorman closes the door, he obviously calls back one of the two killers. The way the doorman approaches the dying man and tells him that he will now close the door that was meant for him. Just like the two men, they come, don't talk too much and end up killing him. The man who comes to demand justice still reminds us of Block. He is too gentle and submissive. He doesn't fit K's strong, arrogant and brash demeanor..