Penal colony

Metamorphosis and In The Penal Colony. Specifically, Kafka uses the characters Gregor and The Officer to highlight the need to find a meaning in a world that is meaningless, an idea known as existentialism. Gregor in The Metamorphosis and The Officer in In The Penal Colony both demonstrate existential thought in different ways. These existential thoughts can be seen in the comments and decisions they make. Both of the main characters in The Metamorphosis and In The Penal Colony experience a transition

which led to the colonisation of Australia and Indigenous Australian peoples while explaining how ‘race’ theories were used to justify colonising Australia. Many factors led to the colonisation of Australia including British Imperialism, but the penal colony was very important so the British pushed on, whether they had the right to or not. ‘Race’ was a theory and using sources, this essay explores different opinions and perspectives of the ‘race’ theories. The Indigenous Australian people were on the

Metamorphosis, a man wakes up to find himself as a giant insect - the story follows the interactions and struggles that come with this unexpected change. In the other story, In the Penal Colony, a traveler witnesses a cruel and strange punishment machine in a penal colony. Kafka’s stories, The Metamorphosis and In the Penal Colony, depict how the role of guilt shapes internal behavior and moral decisions. In both stories, guilt is a vessel for behavior and change - it prompts individuals to reflect, create

relinquishing freedom for security and peace. They have been around for millennia, but with them come not only infractors, but those who twist the laws to their favor, distorting the truth for a “greater cause”. “The Wall” by Jean-Paul Sartre and “The Penal Colony” by Franz Kafka, are examples of such as they both showcase respected men distorting the laws for their benefit. They are also similar as they share feelings of alienation from the main characters and for their comments on religion. To begin,

Henceforth, law’s usage in literature is varied and does not always follow the principles of liberal democracies. In Frank Kafka’s “In the Penal Colony,” the readers are faced, through the narration of a foreign explorer, with an island penal colony. On the island, the authorities employ torture as punishment for every type of crimes committed. Thus, “In the Penal Colony” is an allegory of law through the opposing view of the Officer and the Explorer on the justice system. The allegory is understood through

Sandstone Federal Correctional Institution in Sandstone, Minnesota has housed many an inmate including the actor Tim Allen (Rodriguez) and it ranks 40 of 50 on arrestrecords.com’s 50 most comfortable prions in the world. A well-maintained lawns leads to well-kept cells, where nonviolent offenders are kept occupied with leather making and stained glass creation. Some inmates may consider this a little boring, but anything is better than being assaulted. (Records) This paper will discuss the history

“In the Penal Colony” by Kafka smoothly tied up most of the themes we discussed in Justice & Injustice as it incorporates the purpose of punishment and retribution, the idea of inner revelation rather than blind following, aspects of existentialism, the fundamentals of justice, and the interpretation of ethics and morality. The various characters and aspects of existentialistic themes in “In the Penal Colony” made me find Kafka’s work to resonate with Soren Kierkegaard’s works. Kafka explored an

government or the population. In the short stories In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka and The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, executions of people are justified by the citizens. Similarly, in the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, the deaths in the games are viewed as a government reminder, not murder. In all three pieces of literature, the governments or the communities justify their bloodshed with different excuses. In the Penal Colony, executions were once acceptable and legal because people

When comparing the past and present together there are definitely many differences. Humans are constantly progressing and these new inventions or ideas have their advantages and disadvantages. Franz Kafka’s short story, “In The Penal Colony” and Annie Proulx’s article, “Inspiration? Head Down the Back Road, and Stop for the Yard Sales” both demonstrate the idea that holding onto the past is very beneficial but at the same time it’s best to let go and progress. Proulx is totally against using the

In Franz Kafka’s short story “In the Penal Colony”, the use of metaphors helps the reader to see that a machine or system cannot perfectly determine a human’s innocence or guiltiness; a machine can only determine what is just based off of commands from a human, who is subject to imperfect morality. One metaphor in particular shows the reader that guiltiness should be determined by a group of diverse individuals to combat the homogeneity in a system, whether that homogeneity is present in a one person