That traveler in this story is shown instructions for the "harrow" to write the phrase "Be just!"
One character in this story twirls around in a shirt and trousers whose back is cut in two by a bayonet, showing his bare ass to an amused onlooker. Another character mutters "Always harbor construction!" in irritation, and confirms that an unseen character in this story was "soldier, judge, engineer, chemist, and draftsman." At a pivotal moment in this story, a character's face shows "no sign of the promised transfiguration" in death. At the conclusion of this story, the protagonist swings a knotted rope to deter two people from jumping onto his steamer; that occurs after a visit to a tea house, where a gravestone hidden underneath a table promises that a previous ruler will rise again. In this story, a character pulls out a nude corpse impaled through the forehead with an iron needle after being alarmed by popping-off gears. That traveler in this story is shown instructions for the "harrow" to write the phrase "Be just!" For 10 points, name this story in which the Officer demonstrates a torture machine, which was written by Franz Kafka.
One character in this story twirls around in a shirt and trousers whose back is cut in two by a bayonet, showing his bare ass to an amused onlooker.
"In the Penal Colony" [or "In der Stra kolonie"]