Two Whole Glorious Weeks

A narrator and a companion sign up for a futuristic summer camp that promises hard labor and strict discipline; upon arrival they are stripped of belongings, issued gray coveralls, and subjected to humiliating processing, cruel attendants, and backbreaking swamp work. The camp enforces silence, violent punishments, dehumanizing identification, harsh dietary and disciplinary rules, and a gaunt administrator who embodies institutional meanness. The piece satirizes commodified leisure and the erosion of personal dignity through blunt, dark humor.