Dust Bowl

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When compared, North Korea, poverty, and the Dust Bowl were very difficult situations to get out of. In Escape from North Korea, they have to get out of a dictatorship. In poverty, you have to survive on a day to day basis to live with a very small amount of money. With the Dust Bowl, dust had blown up from heavy winds, harming people’s lungs. The Dust Bowl and North Korea were very hard situations to get out of, but getting out of poverty is the hardest challenge to overcome.

Poverty is when you do not have enough money to support yourself, and this is the worst situation to be in. First, you cannot just leave it. It is impossible without some kind of outside intervention, such as government funding, education, and various other programs and outside help would be needed. (4)
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They may think it is worse because you can suffer severe beatings in North Korea. This is true, as Yeonmi Park has reported that her father was brutally beaten when arrested for an illegal gold business. (3) Another reason they may disagree is because the Dust Bowl was able to kill and starve. In both texts, shortage of food and dangerous dust storms were common. (1/2) Even though they were very dangerous and could kill, poverty is still the most dangerous. You cannot leave poverty without special intervention, like education or government programs, and it can last generations, whereas the Dust Bowl only lasted a decade, and you can have a chance of escaping North Korea. (4) In conclusion, North Korea and the Dust Bowl were dangerous locations and places to be, but poverty was the worst.

When being compared, being in the Dust bowl and North Korea are bad situations, but poverty is the worst. First, it means you cannot support yourself. Second, it loops for generations and you cannot leave. The Dust bowl and North Korea are bad, but being in poverty is the worst of the

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