Comparison

Compare "Panopticism" by Michel Foucault and "In the Penal Colony" by Franz Kafka. Your essay should be 1,500-1,750 words long. 

1. Introduction 

   1. Punishment 

   2. People who commit crimes will be punished one way or another

2. Discuss text- Panopticism

   1. Machinery/construction to keep people in place

   2. Visibility is a trap

   3. Mental construct/ isolation

3. Discuss text- In the Penal Colony

   1. Machine/construction 

   2. Tattoo kind of 

   3. Pain till death

   4. Recollection of blood

4. Synthesis paragraph

   1. Both to keep people in place but physical vs. mental punishment. Either death or or going (kind of)

   2. Control by fear

   3. By enabling a sense of invisibility for the guardians, there is a connection made automatically with the guardians having higher power despite the possible danger of the prisoners. Similarly, due to the isolation of the prisoners and the separation between them, there was less of a chance for them to plan an escape or revolt eventually. Consequently emphasized the power of the guards.