Cameron H Blog Entry #3: Real Life Border Control Issues:
http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2011/north-korea
http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2011/north-korea
North Korea is one of the few countries left in the world that are still communist. North Korea has very strict rules that are different than those of other countries that aren’t communist. One of the typical rules that North Korea has is that you are not allowed to leave the borders of North Korea without special permission from the government. I’m sure that many of the North Korean civilians have tried to leave their country, but in the process, because they broke rules, they were punished and suffered the consequences. I can see their intention of trying to leave, trying to find out what the rest of the world is like, but because of their current government system, they are unable to do so.
I could imagine that there would be people that are like 80 years old, and for their whole life, they have only ever been in North Korea. What they are really missing to see the rest of the world, beyond their borders. Of course this is illegal, but it would be for the greater good of the people. After all, we all only have one life, so I believe that it would be the best to make it the best life that you could have. In the book, Celia mentions that back when she wasn’t in Opium, she had a very rough life, and did not see any place else, until she turned to the coyote and helped her cross the Aztlan border. She was lucky when she was able to cross the border at the time she did, in the more recent times in the book, anyone who was found crossing the border illegally were turned into eejits.
Hopefully, with the new leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-Un, there will be a brighter future for the rest of the North Koreans. Maybe he will have a change of heart and modify the way of life that North Korea has had for many years. But only time will tell us that.
I think you could develop the idea of why Kim Jong Il made the decisions he made. Such as not allowing people to leave the country. I also think you could really go deeper into the connection between reality and Celia's story. You could look more into why the two stories connect with each other, other than the fact that they want to explore more about the world.
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ReplyDeleteIn your paragraphs it really appears like you know your facts and what you are talking about in your writing. You have some very deep insight into the future of North Korea with their new leader, Kim Jong-Un. You look into what a person might be missing in this type of leadership. North Korea also seems to connect very well to what Opium might be like and I can understand why you would pick North Korea to do your project on. Very good post!!!