How yould you feel? Camp 14

[edward08]

For the people reading escape from camp 14..
Lets say you have escaped and start to live in the noraml world
Where you dont get beaten up.
Would have some trauma within you eventhough
You are free from the camp??
I think the trauma would be nailed in my brain

[jessicashim2013]

Yeah I agree. Although I start to live a normal life, I would not be able to forget the bad memories I had from the Camp. I might have some difficulties socializing like Shin did. In the Camp, no one trusts ech other, even their own family. Therefore I wouldn't be open to others when they try to talk to me or try to be friends with me. I would always question if they are my true friends.

[michellelee]

I think I would trauma even after I ecaped from the camp since I have lived there for life and went through so much pain and hardship. It would take some time for me to get rid off the painful experiences I underwent such as getting beaten constantly, watching my own family get killed, suffering from hunger everyday, and so on. Also, it would be very difficult for me to adjust to the new area, culture, rules, etc. that are just so different from those in the camp.

[juliekim]

I think I would still suffer from the experiences I had in the camp. It's not something you can just forget in a day just because you're living a better life now. It would take me a lot of time to recover from it and live like a normal person.

[sammy576]

Although I never read escape from camp 14, I could probably say that it would be a truama and would affect you for the rest of your life. Obviously being locked up in a cage, being beaten everyday would not be a memory one can easily erase. I think people will all have that scar on them despite the time past.

[minchoi0923]

Although i didn't really read the escape from Camp 14, I think I would still suffer. Those experiences would always chase after me and choke me because of trauma. Like Julie mentioned, it's just impossible to forget about it just because you escaped from it. I think the man would have taken longer time to adjust to this new place.

[sarahlee2]

I think being in like South Korea or the States would be really weird after escaping from Camp 14. Life would be so different. I wouldn't be able to imagine living such a free life. It would be hard to adjust to the competitive society that capitalistic countries live in. Also, the trauma would be really hard to deal with.

[cathysjun]

Yes, I do think I would not be freed completely from the camp like Shin. Although Shin is now physically free, he mentioned how he is not mentally free yet. He is learning new emotions like guilt, sadness, etc. I think when I learn new emotions like that I would always have nightmares because of the decisions I made in the camp. I think if I was Shin I would never be able to be mentally free.

[ginayang]

I agree, I would not be able to adjust to the outside world very well. I would be haunted by my memories in prison. I would not trust the people around me because I would feel like they would lie to me and betray me. Also, I would feel guilty for snitching on my family and friends. Thus, I would be a depressed, paranoid, fearful, and lonely wreck.

[sarahlee4]

I feel like I wouldnt be able to adjust to my freedom. When we think standing in our point of view, its really easy to say that i would probably jump in glee for freedom and whatnot and do everything and eat everything i always wanted, but if you really think about it, where would i live? Where do i get the money to survive? Also, living like a dog, under control of the north korean gaurds would probably be more comfortable than living free. It would be like a dog that was domesticated all its life then finally set loose, it wouldnt run away. It would stay because its afraid to go off on its own.

[hannahs]

Yeah I think it will be really hard for me to adjust. You will realize that everything is so different and it will take a long time to get into a different mindset where food and survival isn't the only things important to me. Also, I would feel so guilty if I was Shin since I have to live with the fact that I sold out my own mother and brother and that they basically died all because I just wanted more food and better treatment.

[sang]

I think that it will be indeed nailed into my brain. Because it has been my environment for a while; almost like a culture in fact. So it would be hard to shake it off. I think that I would be in shock for a while. It's kinda like moving to a different country; you take time to adjust into their cultures and other differences.

[alexkoo]

I Think it will be nailed into my brain forever. I read this novel count of Monte Cristo. The main character of the novel stayed in prison for a very long time and he cannot even sleep on the bed because he is so used to sleeping on the crappy floor. IT will take very long time to completely forget

[elijahlee]

I think that after this, you would definitely be traumatized. You might even have PTSD. I wouldn't be surprised if you did. PTSD is a result of a very traumatic experience, and the experience at camp 14 would definitely be that.

[joannekim]

I agree that I would still have some kind of trauma even if I am free after escaping from the camp. I did not read the book, but I am sure that the life in concentration camp was brutal with much horrible things going on. I would be less than an animal, wanting to survive even by betraying close people around me. Changing the environment would not suddenly end my pain because I would be able to still remember it. And I am pretty sure that is what the protagonist went through even in happier environment.