https://padlet.com/nazzinnari/huf5pvgxlyrkr1ej Made with the help of a typing monkey en-us 2021-02-13 01:10:15 UTC 2021-02-13 02:20:04 UTC hello@padlet.com nazzinnari https://padlet.com/nazzinnari/huf5pvgxlyrkr1ej/wish/1198667773 The song that would make a fitting theme song for the memoir Escape from Camp 14 would be a song written by former WWE wrestler Chris Jericho and his group Fozzy. The song is called Judas and anyone who knows about the story of Judas knows Judas was evil, a cheater,  a traitor, acts nice on the outside but will stab you in the back without thinking twice about it. This is exactly what the song is about. This song would fit in with Escape from Camp 14 for the following reasons. In the opening the song states “I’ll drag you down and sell you out, run away”(Fozzy, Judas, 2017). This line is saying that I’ll take you down, rat on you, and I don't care about you. This could be seen In Escape from Camp 14 when Shin rats out his mother and his brother to the guards. “On the floor of his mothers bedroom, as the aggrieved thirteen year old struggled to contain his fear, Shin’s camp instincts took over; he had to tell a guard”(Harden 53). In this quote Shin is angered by his mother and brother because he felt that his brother was getting all the attention, food, and love from his mother and that they were breaking the camp rules by planning to escape. Another reason why this song would make an excellent theme song is when Shin escaped and was in Hanawon, he would still have haunting nightmares about his mother and brother, and life inside of camp 14. “But his nightmares would not go away. They become more frequent and more upsetting...impossible to reconcile with the grisly images from camp 14 that played in his head.”(Harden 166). In verse two of the song it states “There is blood on the path I walk. And each step I take is haunting me”(Fozzy, Judas, 2017) This line means, the way I got here was not easy, and every step I take still haunts me, which is exactly how Shin’s story is. He was torchered, malnourished, but he made it. To conclude, Judas by Fozzy would make a great theme song for the memoir Escape from Camp 14.]]> 2021-02-13 01:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/nazzinnari/huf5pvgxlyrkr1ej/wish/1198667773 nazzinnari https://padlet.com/nazzinnari/huf5pvgxlyrkr1ej/wish/1198669734 The two personal questions that the memoir Escape from Camp 14 brings up for me are; what is the meaning of life and where do you see yourself in 5 years. Firstly, the meaning of life to me means  growing up, learning from your mistakes, finding something you love to do and doing it, getting married, having kids, and just enjoying everything life throws at you. In the case of Shin this is not the case. Over the course of the memoir his meaning of life changed. When he was in camp 14 the meaning of life for Shin was to follow the rules of the camp. When it comes down to everything the meaning for life in camp 14 was about just surviving another day. ."You b*tch, you stole corn? You want your hands cut off?" (Harden 25). But the meaning of life to Shin shifted when hearing from Park about life outside of the camp. "He scrounged constantly for spilled cabbage soup, dipping his hand in cold dirty soup that had spilled on the floor and licking his fingers clean."(Harden 76). He wanted to experience all that Park told him about the outside world and to taste all the different foods he was told about. The second personal question that is brought up, is where do you see yourself in 5 years. I hope to see myself still in University learning about the things I love to learn and do; biology, kinesiology, chemistry, and physical fitness. In the memoir Escape from Camp 14 Shin did not see himself anywhere, he was stuck there forever. But when he finally decided that he wanted to escape the campe, this became his new goal.  Shin saw freedom, and freedom to him was good food, the right to do whatever you want, and all the privileges that we have here in Canada. "He suddenly understood where he was and what he was missing. Camp 14 was no longer home. It was an abhorrent cage." (Harden 108). In Conclusion, I know that I am very blessed to be living in Canada, and that I can think about what life means to me and can decide what I want to do with my life, instead of being told what to do, what to say and what to think.

]]> 2021-02-13 01:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nazzinnari/huf5pvgxlyrkr1ej/wish/1198669734 nazzinnari https://padlet.com/nazzinnari/huf5pvgxlyrkr1ej/wish/1198671854 What surprised me after reading this book was - the amount of torture and abuse Shin received while growing up and living in Camp 14.  This is shown when Shin describes the torture and pain he endured shackled both hands and feets hanging over a blazing charcoal fire alive “Shin crazed with pain, smelling his burning flesh, twisted away from the heat” (Harden 60).  What inspired me was Shin’s fearless determination to escape the camp despite the consequences he faced if caught escaping and ultimately may have cost him his life.  This is shown when Shin and Park attempt to escape on Jan. 22nd 2005, and going against the first rule of the camp “"Anyone caught escaping will be shot immediately" -Camp Rule (Harden 198).  What angered me are the laws that exist in North Korea, in particular - if someone in North Korea commits a crime - their sentence is automatically extended to three generations of their family, including unborn children and grandchildren.  This is shown throughout the book, Shin is born into the camp even though he never committed a crime himself “The theory behind the camps was to cleanse unto three generations the families of incorrect thinkers. So it was inconsistent to allow another generation to be born”  (Harden 37).  Lastly, what humbled me was Shin himself - how he gathered the courage to relive his horrifying time while in the camp by telling us his story and recounting the grueling hardships he lived to tell.   Today Shin is a human rights activist for North Korea’s human rights abuse and tries to bring awareness of the inhuman laws of North Korea. Shin now lives in Seoul, South Korea with his wife and his son. ]]> 2021-02-13 01:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nazzinnari/huf5pvgxlyrkr1ej/wish/1198671854 nazzinnari https://padlet.com/nazzinnari/huf5pvgxlyrkr1ej/wish/1198673630 Some background information of the history of North Korea might better help a reader understand Shin's experience in Camp 14.  North Korea was established on September 9th, 1949 and their political ideology is called Juche, which means self-reliance. Since 1910 and during WWII the Korean peninsula was occupied by Japan until the end of the war. After the war the peninsula was split between the USSR “in the North” and the USA “in the south”. In the north the USSR introduced communism and chose Kim-Il-Sung to be supreme leader of the country and to this day he is still supreme leader even though he died in 1994. Since his death his son Kim-Jong-Il and his grandson Kim-Jong-Un have been ruling the country under the Workers Party of Korea. In 1950 the North invaded the South with help from China and the USSR. The North pushed the south all the way down the peninsula until the USA intervened in what is known as the Korean war. Eventually they came to  a stalemate at the 38th parallel, which now separates the two countries. Up until 1991 the USSR funded the North Korean government, but when the USSR collapsed, they stopped funding the North, and so the North Korean government needed to find a way to keep its citizens' from rebelling. The North was so poor that 1 in 10 North Koreans died of starvation. This can be seen in the memoir when Shin tried to steal food and was caught by a guard and was told "You b*tch you stole corn? you want your hands cut off?"(Harden 25). In 1994 Kim Jong-Il came up with the Songun policy, which meant military first. This was a big way to fool the people  of the country that they were in a war with the outside world, especially with the Americans.  This policy was created so that everything from the people had to be given up to help the military and if anyone opposed this rule or went against the government, they were thrown into a labor camp and left to rot like Shin and his family. This military first concept can still be seen today with all the nuclear weapons' and military parades that they put on in Kim-Il-Sung square. This information will better help the readers understand Shin’s experience, because this information reveals the truth of North Korea and the way the country dictates how the people live and what they believe in.  ]]> 2021-02-13 01:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nazzinnari/huf5pvgxlyrkr1ej/wish/1198673630