Project Gutenberg 2008-06-14 Public domain in the USA. 678 Kafka, Franz 1883 1924 Kafka, F. (Franz) In der Strafkolonie Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Penal_Colony Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_der_Strafkolonie Produced by Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "In der Strafkolonie" by Franz Kafka is a short story written in the early 20th century, during the 1910s. The narrative is set in a colonial penal environment and explores themes of justice, punishment, and the machinery of authority. It presents a peculiar execution device that embodies the dark, absurdist elements typical of Kafka's writing. The story unfolds through the perspective of an unnamed traveler who witnesses a gruesome execution in a remote penal colony. An officer describes the intricate operation of a machine designed to inscribe the sentence of a condemned man directly onto his skin. The condemned soldier lies helpless as the officer passionately explains the machine's workings, while the traveler grapples with his horror and moral revulsion. Despite the officer's fervor for the machine and its method of execution aligned with the old commandant's vision, the traveler finds himself increasingly disturbed by the inhumanity of the process. Ultimately, the story culminates in a tragic inversion of roles when the officer opts to take the place of the condemned, symbolizing the inevitable decline of the old authoritarian order in the face of moral and ethical scrutiny. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.4 (7th grade). 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