When you first read Before the Law by Franz Kafka, you might think that the story is both simple and complex. The plot is so undeniable that it obviously defies further description. It includes a man trying in vain to enter a coveted door; he uses what remains of his life by reserving permissions that are never granted to him. Although the action is logical, its setting is not at all identical to our existence. Nor do we distinguish the characters. The country man is contracted to the embodiment of tireless longing, the doorman is limited to the quality of impediment, the personality of the Law remains covered. However, once we recognize the type of reality characterized by these boundaries, the story presents no problem. Yet it is clearly intended as a parable. This is proposed by its context in The Trail. Some mechanisms used in a parable are effectively distinguished (no name, the central plot, the underlined point at the end). While the subtle elements of the plot are crystal clear, the story overall positively demands understanding. If it's an anecdote it must "mean" something. What does it mean then? Franz Kafka's Before the Law is often called a parable. Therefore, it is logical to approach Kafka's work as an allegory and look for the deeper meaning behind the story. We can therefore try to discover the identity of the characters; of the doorman, the farmer and the Law and then relating them to something that fits the example of the plot; a man's confused search for God, a man's search for happiness without ever realizing it, an academic's search for recognition that never comes. A given number of innovative readers... mid-card... enterprising, have come ready to influence the gatekeeper to give him a chance to pass. Despite the compatriot's determination, the doorman does not provide him with authorization, leaving us with the feeling that access to God cannot be bought. On the other hand, it should be noted that the doorman takes the valuable objects offered by the fellow countryman, which is a somewhat similar to the way religion asks individuals for “indulgences” to achieve supposed salvation. In other words, Kafka is contributing his critique to the idea that individuals have systematized religion and, above all, changed its immaculate and profound importance. Furthermore, if we can consider the character of the Law as God, the watchman as a modernized servant of God, and the farmer as an individual seeking God; the parable seems to make sense.