Torture in the human civilization has a long history, is an extreme violence inflicted on body. Two novels, ”The Penalty of Sandalwood” and ”ln the Penal Colony”, are compared in this article to discover the identity and role of philosophy of life through the eyes of executioner. This article attempts to listen to the authority's monologue not only by means of comparing story content, creation consciousness, and expression techniques, but also analyzing executioner's inner world from the viewpoint of power demonstration.