Escape from Camp 14
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Foreword Preface Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Epilogue
Themes
All Themes Tyranny and the North Korean State Survival, Self-interest, and Morality Indoctrination and Brainwashing Guilt Activism and Indifference
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All Characters Shin In Geun / Shin Dong-hyuk Kim Il Sung Kim Jong Il Kim Jong Eun Jang Hye Gyung / Shin’s Mother Shin Gyung Sub / Shin’s Father Park Yong Chul Kim Jin Myung / “Uncle”
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All Symbols The Electric Fence
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Escape from Camp 14

by

Blaine Harden
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The Electric Fence

The electric fence surrounding Camp 14 is a grim symbol of the repression and brutality that characterized Shin’s life in the prison, as well as life for all North Koreans living under the Kim…

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