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In the Cathedral
Evenifallhesaidabouthispowerandthepoweroftheotherdoorkeepersandhownotevenhecouldbearthesightofthem-Isayevenifalltheseassertionsareright,thewayhemakesthemshowsthathe’stoosimpleandarroganttounderstandproperly.Thecommentatorssayaboutthisthat,"correctunderstandingofamatterandamisunderstandingofthesamematterarenotmutuallyexclusive".Whetherthey’rerightornot,youhavetoconcedethathissimplicityandarrogance,howeverlittletheyshow,doweakenhisfunctionofguardingtheentrance,theyaredefectsinthedoorkeeper’scharacter.Youalsohavetoconsiderthatthedoorkeeperseemstobefriendlybynature,heisn’talwaysjustanofficial.Hemakesajokerightatthebeginning,inthatheinvitesthemantoenteratthesametimeasmaintainingthebanonhisentering,andthenhedoesn’tsendhimawaybutgiveshim,asitsaysinthetext,astooltositonandletshimstaybythesideofthedoor.Thepatiencewithwhichheputsupwiththeman’srequeststhroughalltheseyears,thelittlequestioningsessions,acceptingthegifts,hispolitenesswhenheputsupwiththemancursinghisfateeventhoughitwasthedoorkeeperwhocausedthatfate-allthesethingsseemtowanttoarouseoursympathy.Noteverydoorkeeperwouldhavebehavedinthesameway.Andfinally,heletsthemanbeckonhimandhebendsdeepdowntohimsothathecanputhislastquestion.
