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Overview
Author
Franz Kafka
Year Published
1919
Type
Short Story
Genre
Allegory, Drama, Dystopian
Perspective and Narrator
The story "In the Penal Colony" is narrated from an omniscient third-person point of view.
Tense
The story "In the Penal Colony" is written in the past tense.
About the Title
A penal colony—a place where prisoners are sent to live—is the setting of the story. The title "In the Penal Colony" places the reader within the action. The colony, with its controls, punishment, and hierarchy, is a symbol for society.
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