Short Story: Shin's Journey

The main characters go through character development in the novel, maturing in both their thoughts and state of mind. After facing the intense guilt from thinking that her uncle was going to be caught by the Japanese government, Sun-hee makes sure to not jump to conclusions: “Tae-yul was going to be a kamikaze...But maybe I was wrong. Remember Tomo-remember Uncle. I’d been so sure, and had made a terrible mistake. Don’t make a mistake this time” (Park 143). After her uncle had run away because of her misinterpretation of a warning, Sun-hee had blamed herself, not trusting anything she thought. Instead of completely discrediting her thoughts, she only warned herself to think it through more. Her careful mindset allowed her to confirm her Korean identity and that her culture had to be protected. This maturity gave her the freedom in knowing her thoughts about her culture were well-thought-out. Tae-yul’s growth is evident by his body language and reactions to certain events. Near the beginning of the story, he is

people. There is virtually no freedom with the borders of North Korea. Shin lived a hard

Kim Jin Myung taught Shin that even in the darkest prison camps of North Korea that there is still hope and inner strength to be found even if it is just sunlight peeking through tiny mouse holes in the walls. Kim Jin Myung, was the family that Shin had never experienced before he treated shin like a brother and a friend the type of friendship Shin had never experienced before. It was a friendship with trust, not like his peers in school who betrayed him in any possible way to survive. Kim Jin Myung was a true friend. Parkers relationship with shi was very similar but two friendships are never alike. Once Shin was moved to the uniform factory and he met Parker he finally got a small glimpse of the outside world and he wanted to know more. The similarity between Shins relationship with Kim Jin Myung and Park was trust. But this time Shin was the one who was trusted he, for the first time in his life didn’t snitch. This was huge fro Shin he could have been promoted, had more days off, and he could have any of the seamstresses that he pleased. But none of this changed his mind he was fixated to know about this unknown world he wouldn’t ever be the same, he was a

They finally let me out of there now my quest is to find a place to sleep,

Jun-sang called himself the “sensitive animal with big twitching ears, always on the alert for predators”. He is from Chongjin but his North Korea. Jun-sang loved movies and always made an effort to see a new movie as soon as it was released. Since his family was prosperous, Jun--sang was cautious not to provoke envy. While other kids were barefoot, Jun-sang wore thick woolen socks. In order to avoid jealousy, he also wore long pants to cover the socks. Jun-sang often dealt with the pressure of being accepted into a university in Pyongyang. Jun-sang is described a few different ways in the book, but all of them are fairly consistent. Mi-ran description says that he’s a “tall, limber boy with shaggy hair flopping over his forehead” (Demick,

He went to tell his teacher but his teacher had already went home so he told a night guard. Next morning shin was blind folded and taken to an underground facility. There he was interrogated. He was astounded by hearing the question. He was asked did you know about your mother and brother trying to escape. He was confused because he was the one who told the guard. Then he figured it out that the guard took all the credit. Shin was tortured by the guard to reveal that he knew about their escape. He was thrown in a cell after the tortue. Shin was only able to crawl to his food because of the torture from the guards. While shin was recovering from his injuire Kim jin myung held him recover.He is preferred to be called uncle. In meantime uncle became shin’s nurse. He rubbed salty cabbage soup into his wounds as a disinfectant . He massaged shin’s legs and arms. Shin thought without the help from Uncle he would not have been able to survive the torture. “It was Shin's first exposure to sustained kindness, and he was grateful beyond words. But he also found it puzzling. He had not trusted his mother to keep him from starving”(pg 63).And supports my claim by showing that without the kindness and care from uncle he would have not survive in that

“Then you must take up your well-shaped oar and go on a journey until you come where there are men living who know nothing of the sea,” said Teiresias, a famous blind prophet.

Charity and the children left Marilee's amid warm hugs and wishes for a safe journey. The girls especially, were reluctant to leave. They enjoyed being at Marilee's, having the luxuries of a roof over their heads and not stuck riding in a wagon all day. Charity figured being there reminded them of being home with Nancy, because Marilee took them under her wing and into the kitchen with her to help her cook. The boys were a different story- they were raring to go; they enjoyed camping out and being on the trail. To them, it was a grand adventure. The last couple of years, the older boys had gone with their father and grandfather, to check the traps. And, they had even gotten to go to Fort Charlotte a time or two. But the girls had always been

Tree seedlings, called woodsprites, control the plot and the actions of the Na’vi, propelling the plot when possible, along with the archetypes of the evil figures. Jake was following Neytiri back to her camp, with her telling him to leave the whole time. Suddenly, a bunch of woodsprites landed on Jake, causing Neytiri to let him accompany her to the camp. This propelled the plot forward since it made Jake get allowed into the camp and continue his hero’s journey. Without this happening, Jake wouldn’t have been able to help the Na’vi or even join them in the final battle for their lives. He probably would have ended up being killed by them. Earlier in Avatar, Jake was wandering around in the forest, and Neytiri was preparing to kill him.

The relevant data was brought to him on a tablet soon afterwards, the Replicator informed him it was the Planetary Governors and now it belonged to him. It was more powerful than the others, with this tablet he could access any console or any Ustrian tech he came into contact with, not just tech on the Xerxes. The data pile was immense, it would take him forever and a day to read it. After only a few hours of skimming through it he put it aside and rubbed his eyes, it was starting to give him a headache.

Korean soldiers took Mr. Shin to an underground prison and tortured him to make sure he was telling

There was no denying it; the walls of Malwrath were insurmountable to the legion. Even the almighty Zues trembled at the sight of such a city, for even his divine aid could not overcome Cerberus, the monstrous guard of the underworld. The stench of death proliferated from the nearby river canals; Hades, hated by gods and men alike, was at work again, spreading his diseases and suffering like a plague upon his realm.

Blaine Harden’s Escape from Camp 14 tells the saddening yet hopeful story of Shin In Geun, A North Korean man who has been locked in Camp 14, one of Korea's most horrific prison and labor camps. Harden tells the story through the facts Shin gives him, while stating facts and goes more in depth and explains why this may have happened or how certain events may have happened. The book keeps you interested, as its words transfer the images of the traumatizing experiences of Shin, explaining things such as how he watched his mother and brother executed in front of him as a child, and how he was savagely beat multiple times by guards for little things such as picking berries so he wouldn’t die of starvation. All of the stories Shin shares in

The family did not live together, and Shin even had a brother that he hardly knew because he lived and worked miles away in a different part of the camp. Shin knew nothing of the outside world and was taught to work hard and to snitch on his family, classmates, and coworkers. As a reward for his hard work and snitching, he would be beaten less and

The guards and people in North Korea are ruthless. They don’t get taught the same way that people do around the world. In North Korea, their leaders are known to have no mercy for another person and their solution to things is violence. The guards probably thought that if they kept torturing Shin then they would get a confession out of him about his mother and brother’s escape plan. Even though beating Shin didn’t work, they still continued to hurt him because they believe if they do it more times then Shin wouldn’t be able to handle it anymore and finally tell them, but that wasn’t true because Shin didn’t understand why they were asking him these questions.