Hyperbole In Half Life Essay

The nationalism expects sacrifices for a group of people which they feel valued, whereas the uncomfortable lifestyle makes several people rebellions or act against the system. The North Korea is a totalitarian regime. The citizens have no freedom of expression or freedom of choice. The North Korea’s political system affects their citizens to fight against the regime, flight and assimilate to another country and culture. The regime of a nation affects citizens which cause the defection and the defection affects the defectors as well as their families. The causes of nationalism are reflected through the use of mood, imagery, and hyperbole in the book “Half Life” by Paul H.B. Shin. Furthermore, these literary devices are used to represent the appearance of the causes effectively. The characters who fight, flight and assimilate are Chung Myung-Ae, Han’s wife, and Han. The character who affects from their family’s defection is Won Sook. The regime of North Korea affects Han’s wife, Chung Myung-Ae and builds the courage to fight, flight and assimilate. As stated in the book, she says to Han that ““you work so hard”, “shouldn’t there be some reward for that? All you say is that it’ll get better, but when” (p.85) by using mood. The use …show more content…
The author states that “Even during her pregnancy, she hadn’t missed a single class until the week before she gave birth,” and “It’s now or never” (p.44) this quote suggests her desperation to assimilate in the new environment by learning a new language. According to the text, Mr. Baek tells Han that “Your wife was baptized two months ago. Your son, too,” (p.79) and Ms. Koh tells Han that “she’s taken Jesus Christ as her personal savior” (p.73). These textual pieces of evidence mention that she changed her religion to show her fight against the regime by breaking ties with the system, and assimilate in another country where she can live with