Games People Play vs. The Trial

A Bridge of Ideas

Despite belonging to vastly different genres—psychology and existential fiction—both 'Games People Play' and 'The Trial' reveal a similar, unsettling exploration of transactional and often performative human interaction within rigid, unseen systems. Your journey through Berne’s games highlights abstract interpersonal maneuvers, mirroring the Kafkaesque absurdity of Josef K.’s struggle against an inexplicable judicial bureaucracy, suggesting a profound, shared insight into how individuals navigate and are often trapped by the unspoken rules and scripts of their social and institutional worlds.