Escape From Camp 14 Analysis
Escape From Camp 14 , by Blaine Harden, is about the only man who managed to escape from North Korea's high security concentration camp, Camp 14, and lived to tell his story. Shin Dong-Hyuk was born in Camp 14. His mother and father got married inside the camp as a prize for their obedience and hard work, Shin’s brother and father lived in other facilities inside the camp, and they never lived together as a family. He was trained to snitch on his family, classmates and coworkers and vice versa. He was beaten often and often beat others by request of the guards. He and other prisoners weren’t given sufficient amounts of food and often resorted to humiliating ways of preserving their food and obtaining more.
He overheard his mother and his brother talking about escaping the camp. Shin who was trained to be an informant ran to the school guard and divulged the plan. The next day, Shin, his father, mother and brother were taken to an underground prison. Instead of receiving a prize for his information, Shin was brutally beaten and tortured, because the guard lied and told the director that he was the one who uncovered the plan to escape. Shin became ill and was placed in a cell with and old man who took care of his festering wounds and told him about the outside world which Shin had no knowledge of. Shin was taken out of his cell and …show more content…
He finally came to the United States having his trip paid in full by an American couple who he came to know as “Mom and Dad”. It was here he managed to overcome his past and fears, and openly discuss his life to Blaine Harden, a respected reporter who was well known for his works uncovering the collapse of repressive governments. It was in America where he was able to take a stand against the North Korean prison/labor camps by establishing a humans rights group called Liberty in North Korean (LiNK) and have people to support him and his cause, a feeling foreign but gladly welcomed by
He overheard his mother and his brother talking about escaping the camp. Shin who was trained to be an informant ran to the school guard and divulged the plan. The next day, Shin, his father, mother and brother were taken to an underground prison. Instead of receiving a prize for his information, Shin was brutally beaten and tortured, because the guard lied and told the director that he was the one who uncovered the plan to escape. Shin became ill and was placed in a cell with and old man who took care of his festering wounds and told him about the outside world which Shin had no knowledge of. Shin was taken out of his cell and …show more content…
He finally came to the United States having his trip paid in full by an American couple who he came to know as “Mom and Dad”. It was here he managed to overcome his past and fears, and openly discuss his life to Blaine Harden, a respected reporter who was well known for his works uncovering the collapse of repressive governments. It was in America where he was able to take a stand against the North Korean prison/labor camps by establishing a humans rights group called Liberty in North Korean (LiNK) and have people to support him and his cause, a feeling foreign but gladly welcomed by