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North Korea is a form of totalitarianism government that we now experience today. North Korea is so powerful and strict that if something isn’t done to stop them they won’t ever be stopped. Jun Do is an example because he was sent to a concentration camp in North Korea after coming back home from visiting the United States. Jun Do was raised in the Long Tomorrows Orphanage.  The concentration camps in North Korea are an example of how a totalitarianism government can be very cruel to the people living under their rule. Jun Do experienced a lot of torture in the concentration camps. Jun Do’s job in the concentration camp was to be a tunnel fighter. Jun Do once said “he was working darkness beneath the demilitarized zone that separates North Korea from South Korea” (Baker, 2012). Jun Do feels he wasn’t even treated like a human in the concentration camp because he was always getting beaten if he didn’t do something exactly right. He also feels that he doesn’t get much to eat and he is always forced to be working from morning until night to rest a few hours. I think Jun Do would say that he would have rather stayed in America if he would have known that he was coming back to a concentration camp in North Korea. Another thing that happened to Jun Do is that once he was sent to the concentration camp a guy known as Commander Ga. Stole his identity to live with his wife. Knowing that everyday someone is living with his wife also probably makes Jun Do feel like he should have stayed in America. Jun Do was accused of being a kidnapper because he left and went to the United States for a while also he was accused of snatching Japanese citizens. Jun Do said that “he was just visiting and seeing how life was in the United States” (Baker, 2012) also he was sent there on a mission that no one knows about. He did this by going to Texas and encountering things such as barbecued ribs, cowboy boots, and a pet dog which dogs were hated, beaten, and eaten in North Korea. Jun Do was killed one day in the concentration camp by Commander Ga. which was the guy who had stolen his identity. There is not a reason said why Commander Ga. killed him. I think that killing Jun Do was probably good and also I think it is bad because he is dead. The reason I think it is kind of good is because he doesn’t have to go through all the torture at the concentration camp. Another reason I think it was kind of good is because he was probably never going to get out of the concentration camp. I don’t know how Jun Do feels about being killed but, he said that “he hated being in the concentration camp and it was just torture every day” (Baker, 2012). Just think about all the people killed in concentration camps through the years. Have you ever thought about it even though we don’t have concentration camps in America? People in North Korea probably think that the way we run our country is bad because they believe in totalitarianism. In North Korea you can be put in a concentration camp and it’s legal but, in America it’s illegal to be put in a concentration camp. The closest thing we ever had to concentration camps were slavery until the end of the Civil War slavery was ended. Now today we live in a free country, and have freedoms many might never have the chance to have.

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Totalitarianism: Informative-Analyzing Both Sides

The people who think totalitarianism is the right thing to control people by are the people in charge. They know that no one will retaliate because they have so much power over all of the people. This is good because in their minds everything they do is the best for the country. Leaders can put so much control over the people that they can’t even speak to people out of the country. Then as a result they stay separate from the world and don’t receive any backlash from other countries. They run the people’s lives and they choose their religion, social class, what they can say, and all other areas of their life they are helping to make the perfect county. Totalitarian governments are usually very good in the field of science because they will perform experiments that other countries wouldn’t try. Totalitarian government is good because under the strict rules leaders can maintain total control over all the people.

                This can relate back to the holocaust. Germany was under Hitler’s totalitarian rule. Then as a result Jews and other religions were killed for their belief. Under a totalitarianism government they brainwash the citizens of the country using all kinds of propaganda. When they start teaching them to follow the government from early childhood all through their adult life they don’t know how the rest of the world functions. The leaders put many major punishments on the people if they attempt to go against the government so the people won’t rebel. The government is set up very well and has many ways to keep the people loyal to it. The government is very outspoken and makes everyone follow their ways, but very secretive about the things that would make them look bad if others knew about it. An example of this would be the concentration camps in North Korea, or government regimes. 

In a totalitarian government leaders almost always take it to extremes. They have to take it to inhumane levels such as concentration camps, secret police, and other unsuspecting ways to keep the people loyal to the government. Under their sever rule people are taught about how good their government is, and this isn’t good because they never get educated about the outside world. Totalitarian government is forceful, strict, and overpowering to the people in its rule. Most people under its rule aren’t connected with the internet, computers, or any other devices that would allow them to reach outside their country. This type of rule isn’t for the benefit of the people, but rather for the fame and fortune of their ruler. This type of government still happens today, and not many people know about it. People are put into camps, and forced to live there for life is caught saying anything about the government in North Korea. This is happening right now as you read this paper, and no one is doing enough to stop them.

        

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I am Haley Caldwell a 9th grade student doing this project along with Cody and Seth. I have just read the book "Night" and we are doing a project over it, where we see if Totalitarianism and the Holocaust have things in common and some of their differences. For the project we will be looking up modern topics that show about how our topic and the Holocaust are similar and different. We will add things that we learned about in the book "Night". While doing our artifacts about the topics, we will also be posting them on here for you to see. 

We will be creating four artifacts during this project, one is Informative and for this artifact we will be creating a summary over the two opposing viewpoints of our topic and what they think about totalitarianism and why. The next one is Personal and for this artifact we will be creating a dairy entry over someone who has dealt with totalitarianism.  Then for the next artifact which is Evaluation we will be creating a brochure over what the leaders were like, who was targeted, how they obtained power, and how they maintained power. Also we will be doing a How To and for this topic we will be creating a brochure explaining the totalitarianism government and making people want to take action.  I hope you enjoy. :)