North Korea, the modern day dystopia, has many similarities. There society is similar to a prison camp. They do not have a lot of human rights. North Korea is related to Anthem because the people who live in this society are closely monitored and controlled heavily by their governments. North Korean prison camps are a big part of North Korean society.
Everyone is equal to each other, they all have the same thoughts, and they all work to provide for each other. These ideas are the same in North Korea, although they are actually able to know who their families are. In the books civilization the children are not allowed to know who they are actually related to, they just brothers and sisters to each other. The citizens of the fictional civilization are also assigned a time and place for mating whereas in North Korea they have at least the freedom of choice given to them when it comes to relationships and children. Rand Paul in his argument against the Energy Independence & Security Act of 2007, while using the book Anthem to solidify his argument, states “The collective has no place basically for individual choice” which is the overall mentality of the citizens within the book, they are all seen as equal and are lead to think that they should work as one, not individuals.
In North Korea ever since birth every man and woman are to love their ruler as if they were “God” themselves stated well in the Documentary of North Korea. They must bow everyday and pray to their ruler and to please their ruler. In the book “Anthem” the people love their brothers as equal no such thing as loving more than one another. There is no selfishness and may not exceed what you are told the amount of intelligence is required; they are put into a group with a given name and number. They have a routine they must follow in their everyday lives until death.
My last reason on why this is a dystopia is because they live in a collectivist society. It is a collectivist society because there is dictator and the people only use group words no singular pronouns. They only use “they” “we” or “us”. They are not allowed to have individual thoughts about anything what so ever. This shows that Ayn Rand believes that if you follow others and not lead yourself or what you believe.
For example, the society must say “We” instead of “I” because every individual represents all of the people or “brothers”. North Korea is not necessarily living for others but rather living for one individual- the supreme leader, which is similar to Anthem. The citizens praise the leader so highly that they are willing to do anything for him and this takes away some of their choices and actions. North Korea is also known as one of the most secretive country in the world, controlled by fear. For example, North Korea is considered a self-reliant country or “juche” mainly because they believe they can conquer anything, which connects with fear of other bigger countries and insecurities about their own.
Barbara Demick has developed the idea that North Korea “has fallen out of the developed world” by providing several examples of life as analytical ways of thoughts and processes of North Koreans in comparison to other countries
North Korea is a mysterious place to outsiders but from the inside it may seem normal because the people have no sense of reality or awareness. In the novel 1984 a made up character named ‘Big Brother’ is much like Kim Jong-Un in our world. There are two parties outer and inner and the inner parties consist of people from the inside and the wealthier class unlike the outer witch holds the middle class. The outer party of 1984 worship Big Brother and most are forced to because they are being watched by spies and telescreens (surveillance systems). North Korea is very similar to 1984 due to the constant surveillance and the cult of personality.
In North Korea, being in the Mass Games is a huge accomplishment. You train for hours on end so you will look exactly the same, as if you are becoming one. Even the military is so disciplined that they look exactly the same. But, the people in North Korea are different from the citizens in 1984 because they still have individual personalities. The Party convinces these people to all believe the same ideas and have the same opinions.
The government limits culture in NK as civilians have no direct influence to change culture. This paper’s purpose is to educate readers about the cultural aspects and considerations of NK. (U) First off, are North Korea’s political aspects, consisting of provinces, political
“ North Korea is among the world’s poorest nations, with widespread malnutrition. Its economic activity is based on building factories and showing weaponry.” ( Council Foreign Relations ) This can be seen as a bad way of using power because it destroys North Korea’s humanity as a whole. It has poor conditions and only cares about showing off to other countries.
As an American, we cannot comprehend the types of laws that are enforced upon North Korean Citizens. A few bizarre controlment rules that I still struggle to comprehend myself are there are only twenty-eight ways North Korean men and women can cut their hair, North Korean Men and Women are not allowed to own a bible or any western literature, and also there are only three channels on tv and you must only watch those. Along with those laws in place, the North Korean government has control over education and news which leads to many growing up to hate other countries besides their own with no reasoning behind their hatred. Our lives along with many others are still being affected by the iron grip of societal norms.
In North Korea everything is controlled by the government. There is no freedom of speech and if someone opposes Kim Il-Sung, they would be executed. Similarly in Animal Farm, any animal that spoke against Napoleon would be called a traitor and then the animal would be executed. In North Korea there were also given the illusion of freedom but they didn’t really have it because they could pick their own president even though there was only one person running. This is similar to Animal Farm because after Napoleon kicked Snowball out of the farm, he declared himself the leader of Animal Farm with no opposition.
According to MacAuslan (2009) article, "Hunger, Disclosure, and the Policy Process: How do Conceptualizations of the Problem of Hunger affect its Measurement and Solution?," looks at how there are different organizations that value world hunger differently. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is associated with the definition of food production. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) are associated with the physical evidence to turn food into nutrition. The organizations justify their definitions with scientific evidence from scientists, who support their position. These organizations neither endure effective use of resources nor refined the measurements of Hunger.
Probably the only country in the world that totally rejects globalization, North Korea, upon becoming a separate country in 1948 when the Korean peninsula was divided into two separate countries in the aftermath of WWII, has emerged today as the world’s most enduring isolated totalitarian socialist society in recent history, according to Freedom House. Trapped somewhere amid a medieval monarchy and a communist party-state, North Korea has been ruled under an iron fist doctrine for more than half a century by the dynastic succession Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-Il and Kim Jong-un (hereinafter referred to as the Kims) still exhibiting many features of the typical Stalinist political system and bureaucratic regime, emphasizing the one man–centered
In North Korea , the citizens know , learn, and see only what the dictator, Kim Kong Un, wants them to even if is untrue. The official name of North Korea is Democratic People 's Republic of Korea ( kastel) .North Korea was founded on September 8 1948 (Doe) and has a population of 24.9 million (kastel). Everyone’s knowledge is limited, and entirely controlled by the government. The government of North Korea believes that censoring every part of their society permits them complete control in guaranteeing their country 's future (Yop).
