In the book In Order to Live Yeonmi Park writes about what she had to do in order to survive living in North Korea and all of the events that happen to her during her escape to South Korea. Even as a young girl Yeonmi would struggle to stay alive and death was always around the corner in North Korea. This constant struggle didn’t end when she escaped North Korea to go live in China. Then the struggle for survival led up all the way till she arrived in South Korea then it became a struggle to fit into society. Yeonmi had to do things in order to live no matter where she was whether it was North Korea, China, or her journey to Mongolia.
While Yeonmi lived in North Korea she lived a life full of uncertainty. Yeonmi was uncertain when her next …show more content…
They start to work and live on their own when they get information that they can move to a catholic monastery for a chance to escape a life of hiding in China and be free in South Korea. They did this despite not being catholic and had to work for this monastery till they got their chance to leave. This escape plan was anything but a sure fire way of getting to South Korea because it involved them crossing the Gobi desert to get to the Mongolian boarder. So they went out with another family to cross the desert and get to the Mongolia boarder. They needed to cross the desert at night during freezing temperatures. Yeonmi and the others were told to dress lightly and were risking hypothermia. They also got lost easily because they would losses their sense of direction and would end up wondering around aimlessly. They knew that it was very possible that they could get lost, freeze to death, or be captured on their way to the boarder but they didn’t care as long as they had a chance of freedom. Then they reach the boarder and are taken by the Mongolian army and are so scared that they might be sent back to North Korea. This was such a terrifying thought that Yeonmi her mother almost attempted suicide and were about to do so till they were dropped off at a camp. In this camp is where the Mongolian government kept North Koreans till they move them to South Korea. Yeonmi had to go through all of this mental and physical torture of crossing a cold dark desert just so she could survive and get a better life for
While Yeonmi lived in North Korea she lived a life full of uncertainty. Yeonmi was uncertain when her next …show more content…
They start to work and live on their own when they get information that they can move to a catholic monastery for a chance to escape a life of hiding in China and be free in South Korea. They did this despite not being catholic and had to work for this monastery till they got their chance to leave. This escape plan was anything but a sure fire way of getting to South Korea because it involved them crossing the Gobi desert to get to the Mongolian boarder. So they went out with another family to cross the desert and get to the Mongolia boarder. They needed to cross the desert at night during freezing temperatures. Yeonmi and the others were told to dress lightly and were risking hypothermia. They also got lost easily because they would losses their sense of direction and would end up wondering around aimlessly. They knew that it was very possible that they could get lost, freeze to death, or be captured on their way to the boarder but they didn’t care as long as they had a chance of freedom. Then they reach the boarder and are taken by the Mongolian army and are so scared that they might be sent back to North Korea. This was such a terrifying thought that Yeonmi her mother almost attempted suicide and were about to do so till they were dropped off at a camp. In this camp is where the Mongolian government kept North Koreans till they move them to South Korea. Yeonmi had to go through all of this mental and physical torture of crossing a cold dark desert just so she could survive and get a better life for