Similarities And Differences Of 'Camp 14 In Kindred'
From the book called Kindred I found some similarities and differences from watching the 60 minute clip about camp 14 in North Korea and how they’re treated as being slaves. Such as living conditions, punishments, education, and marriages
One way to compare slavery in the Antebellum South and the prisoners at camp 14 is in the way that they were punished! Slaves in the Antebellum South are punished by their owner, and in camp 14 the soldiers would shoot you if you tried to escape. In North Korea the soldiers would beat you to death, some of them got beat until they died. They both had hard labor from sunrise to sunset. People that were born as slaves in North Korea didn’t know that there was another …show more content…
However the slaves could marry or date each other. But the slaves were always fearful that one of them would be sold or even their kids. In camp 14 you weren’t allowed to pick who you wanted to marry. The master would pick someone for you to marry only if you earned the right by working hard . You could get married but you weren’t allowed to live together. You could only spend nights together only if the masters allowed it.
Slaves weren’t educated because the owners were afraid that the slave would write their own passes or freedom papers. In camp 14 the slaves were educated but they only knew what the government wanted them to only learn, the teacher was very strict and beat to death a little girl who took five corners of corn. At camp 14 they taught them to follow the rules and to prepare to work for the camp. The slaves tried to read and write they had to do it in secret.
In a conclusion slavery in the Antebellum South had ended but camp 14 is still happening today. In the 60 minute clip Shin was devastated with the things that he saw, such as seeing his mother and brother being shot to death. People that are slaves today have no hope because they are living in camp 14 with very little, and their lives are
One way to compare slavery in the Antebellum South and the prisoners at camp 14 is in the way that they were punished! Slaves in the Antebellum South are punished by their owner, and in camp 14 the soldiers would shoot you if you tried to escape. In North Korea the soldiers would beat you to death, some of them got beat until they died. They both had hard labor from sunrise to sunset. People that were born as slaves in North Korea didn’t know that there was another …show more content…
However the slaves could marry or date each other. But the slaves were always fearful that one of them would be sold or even their kids. In camp 14 you weren’t allowed to pick who you wanted to marry. The master would pick someone for you to marry only if you earned the right by working hard . You could get married but you weren’t allowed to live together. You could only spend nights together only if the masters allowed it.
Slaves weren’t educated because the owners were afraid that the slave would write their own passes or freedom papers. In camp 14 the slaves were educated but they only knew what the government wanted them to only learn, the teacher was very strict and beat to death a little girl who took five corners of corn. At camp 14 they taught them to follow the rules and to prepare to work for the camp. The slaves tried to read and write they had to do it in secret.
In a conclusion slavery in the Antebellum South had ended but camp 14 is still happening today. In the 60 minute clip Shin was devastated with the things that he saw, such as seeing his mother and brother being shot to death. People that are slaves today have no hope because they are living in camp 14 with very little, and their lives are