Escape From Camp 14 Book Report

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In the nonfiction story, “Escape From Camp 14,” by Blaine Harden, Shin Dong Hyuk experiences a roller coaster of events throughout his life. Shin explained the dreadful conditions as he lived part of his life trapped in a concentration camp in North Korea. Thankfully, Shin is able to escape the concentration camp later in his life and spread his story to the rest of the world. Harden describes the many events that had occurred in a well, orderly fashion. Shin’s main argument states that North Korea should be penalized for their harsh treatment of their citizens and that the North Korean dictatorship needs to be stopped. Firstly, Escape From Camp 14 is written in chronological order. The book starts out with a Foreword that has the perspective of Blaine Harden, the author. The foreword explains that some who also escaped from North Korea denied Shin’s claims regarding some of the story he told. However, Shin and others kept their claims saying: “There …show more content…
As stated before, Shin moves to South Korea and argued for better human rights in North Korea. Ironically, Shin had moved to two countries following his escape that both now play a role in sanctioning North Korea. Despite sanctions put on by countries including the US and South Korea, it is clear to tell in the book that Dong Hyuk wants more than just sanctions, he wants a major and immediate change in how people are treated in North Korea. Currently, little money is used for things that humans need such as food and water, Rather than being able to feed all of the citizens in North Korea, a great deal of their money goes towards their military and nuclear departments. The current state of North Korea most likely enrages Shin and his book has unfortunately caused little to no change in modern day North Korea. Despite that, more and more people across the globe are learning about North Korea’s suspected terrible human