Read the book: The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag by Kang Chol-Hwan
Next, write a paper that has these questions answered:
- What are the main arguments that the author makes?
- What ideas, issues and historical figures that we specifically discuss in our class does the author discuss (we discussed how hard the life in north korea is, how the people there are treated like prisoners and about the unfair laws).
- How does the author illuminate these issues, ideas and historical figures?
- In what way does this book contribute to your knowledge of the development of western civilization?
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