# Mr. Teacher — The Castle character guide

> Mr. Teacher in The Castle by Franz Kafka.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0014-xiii

## Who they are

A schoolteacher who interacts with K. at the village school.

## Relationships

### [K.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_2_se/characters/k)

_professional_

Mr. Teacher is a schoolteacher who interacts with K. in a formal, bureaucratic capacity, often dismissing K.'s claims and requests.

### [K.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_2_se/characters/k)

_professional_

Mr. Teacher is a schoolteacher who interacts with K. in a formal, bureaucratic capacity, often dismissing K.'s claims and requests.

### [K.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_2_se/characters/k)

_professional_

Mr. Teacher is a schoolteacher who interacts with K. in a formal, bureaucratic capacity, often dismissing K.'s claims and requests.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_2_se/chapters/i)

A small, authoritative young man who warns K. that strangers never like the Castle.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_2_se/chapters/vii)

Delivers the offer of the school janitor post, outlines duties, and informs K. about the semiofficial protocol.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_castle_2_se/chapters/xii)

The teacher confronts K. about the broken shed door, threatens the assistants with a thrashing, and ultimately dismisses K. from his janitor post.

## Links

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