68 pages • 2 hours read
Yeonmi Park, Maryanne VollersIn Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Topics
Park’s memoir describes the various ways in which the North Korean government oppresses its people. Find one instance of such oppression in the book and discuss its effect on Park and its far-reaching consequences.
In what ways does Park’s decision to “be useful” to others evidence her emotional growth?
Park wrote her memoir partly to reconcile with her past. Discuss the ways in which her experience in China shaped her life in South Korea.
