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"Escape from Camp 14" by Blaine Harden is a powerful and harrowing account of the life of Shin Dong-hyuk, the only known person to have been born and raised in a North Korean political prison camp and to have successfully escaped to freedom. The book tells the story of Shin's life in the camp, his escape, and his struggles to adapt to life outside the camp. The book talks about Shin's life inside the camp before he escaped with a follow-up of his normal day-to-day life in both South Korea and America showing how he had escaped physically but was still hurt mentally. For that exact reason, Shin manages to change in many ways such as taking the lead and even showing affection to protect others so that he may be able to forget the hardships he faced inside the camp. Change is not always easy and it can sometimes be a good thing but can also be a …show more content…

In the quote (Shin's body shows more scars from torture than any camp survivor I know who has come from South Korea, and I have met almost all of them said Ahn Myeong Chul.) Harden (XVI). Here we can see how Shin's body has many scars that were inflicted during torture that was inflicted on him during his interrogation about his mom's and brother's attempt at escape. But this is also a push for Shin that helped him overcome the fear of not taking the lead and trying to finally escape. This is shown how a certain pear comes into Shin's life and encourages the thought to leave Camp 14 and travel to China to get into the South Korean border as it's shown in the quote. ( He could not and will not endure more waiting. ´Let's run!´ he yelled. He grabbed Park's hand and pulled him towards the fence.) Harden (117) In this instant we can see how Shin has finally taken the lead and given an opinion that led to him successfully escaping Camp

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