In the Penal Colony Group at eNotes http://www.enotes.com/penal-colony/group The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the In the Penal Colony Group at eNotes. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:44:29 en-us <![CDATA[What is the main theme in the short story "In the Penal Colony"]]> http://www.enotes.com/penal-colony/q-and-a/what-main-theme-short-story-penal-colony-110757 http://www.enotes.com/penal-colony/q-and-a/what-main-theme-short-story-penal-colony-110757 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:44:29 PST <![CDATA[What is the overall plot of this story?]]> http://www.enotes.com/penal-colony/q-and-a/what-overall-plot-this-story-67231 http://www.enotes.com/penal-colony/q-and-a/what-overall-plot-this-story-67231 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:56:57 PST <![CDATA[Start with Kafka's The Third Notebook in The Diaries of Kafka. In it...]]> http://www.enotes.com/penal-colony/q-and-a/am-working-kafkas-religious-motives-his-works-12805 http://www.enotes.com/penal-colony/q-and-a/am-working-kafkas-religious-motives-his-works-12805 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:54:36 PST <![CDATA[I am working on Kafka's religious motives in his works. Please suggest...]]> http://www.enotes.com/penal-colony/q-and-a/am-working-kafkas-religious-motives-his-works-12805 http://www.enotes.com/penal-colony/q-and-a/am-working-kafkas-religious-motives-his-works-12805 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:10:37 PST <![CDATA[Neither at the beginning of the story nor at the end does the Traveler...]]> http://www.enotes.com/penal-colony/q-and-a/how-first-last-pages-quot-penal-colony-quot-10105 http://www.enotes.com/penal-colony/q-and-a/how-first-last-pages-quot-penal-colony-quot-10105 Sun, 4 Nov 2007 15:07:25 PST <![CDATA[How are the first and last pages of "In the Penal Colony"...]]> http://www.enotes.com/penal-colony/q-and-a/how-first-last-pages-quot-penal-colony-quot-10105 http://www.enotes.com/penal-colony/q-and-a/how-first-last-pages-quot-penal-colony-quot-10105 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:27:20 PST <![CDATA[The whole apparatus is pretty grisly. The machine is designed to hold...]]> http://www.enotes.com/penal-colony/q-and-a/what-appropiate-penalty-for-failing-honor-your-2936 http://www.enotes.com/penal-colony/q-and-a/what-appropiate-penalty-for-failing-honor-your-2936 Fri, 4 May 2007 13:57:52 PST <![CDATA[What is the appropriate penalty for failing to honor your superiors?]]> http://www.enotes.com/penal-colony/q-and-a/what-appropiate-penalty-for-failing-honor-your-2936 http://www.enotes.com/penal-colony/q-and-a/what-appropiate-penalty-for-failing-honor-your-2936 Fri, 4 May 2007 08:47:36 PST