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2014-2015 Teaching Guide Book-in-Common Committee Book-in-Common Committee Collin College 2014-2015 2014-2015 Book in Common Teaching Guide 2014-2015 Book-in-Common Contributors The Book-in-Common Committee thanks the following contributors who offered materials, ideas, and suggestions for the success of this guide: Tonya McMillion Kay Mizell Joan Kennedy Marta Moore Debra St. John Gloria Cockerrell Ellen Davis Ryan Fletcher Tiffany Cartwright Charlene Green Lisa Kirby Editor Additionally the Book-in-Common Committee appreciates the, time, effort, and attention to detail that the following individual gave to the editing and formatting of this guide: Marta Moore Contacts For more information about the Book-in-Common program, or to obtain a faculty copy of this year’s text, please contact: Betty Bettacchi Catie Brooks District Coordinator Central Park Campus Coordinator [email protected] [email protected] Charlene Green Lisa Kirby Preston Ridge Campus Coordinator Spring Creek Campus Coordinator [email protected] [email protected] Website for Book-in-Common To access basic information and important dates associated with the Book-in-Common, please visit our website: http://www.collin.edu/academics/bookincommon/ 2 2014-2015 Book in Common Teaching Guide Table of Contents General Information About Blaine Harden North Korea at Night Creative Response Family (McMillion) Study Guides Study Questions and Prompts for Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden (Mizell) Study Guide: Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden (Kennedy) Study Guide for Escape from Camp 14 (Moore) Political Questions for Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West (St. John) Discussion and Assignment Ideas Discussion Considerations for Escape from Camp 14 (Cockerrell) Conversation Starters (Moore) Rhetorical Analysis of the Korean War Memorial (Moore) Assignments for GOVT 2305 (Cartwright) Book in Common Assignments for the Dignity Initiative (Moore) Online Resources Escape from Camp 14 Resources (Green) Collin Library Guide for Escape from Camp 14 (Davis) Total Control Zone (Fletcher) YouTube Videos for Discussion or Writing (Fletcher) Escape from Camp 14 Teacher’s Guide (Kirby) New York Times Book Review Christian Science Monitor Book Review 3 2014-2015 Book in Common Teaching Guide General Information About Blaine Harden (from http://www.blaineharden.com/), Blaine Harden’s most recent book is Escape from Camp 14. An international bestseller translated into 27 languages, it’s the story of Shin Dong-hyuk, the only person born in a N. Korean prison camp to escape to the West. The book and Shin’s testimony pushed the United Nations to create a Commission of Inquiry, which concluded in 2014 that N. Korea has committed crimes against humanity. Escape won the 2112 Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique, a French literary award, and was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Blaine is working on a second book about North Korea, and contributes to Foreign Policy and The Economist . For 28 years, he worked for The Washington Post as a correspondent in Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia, as well as in New York and Seattle. For four years, he was a local and national correspondent for The New York Times and a writer for the Times Magazine . Blaine is also the author of A River Lost. It’s about well-intentioned Americans who dammed and degraded the West’s greatest river, the Columbia. An updated edition was published by Norton in 2012 to coincide with a PBS program about Grand Coulee Dam and the Columbia River. Blaine’s first book, Africa: Dispatches from a Fragile Continent , was described by The Independent (London) as the “best contemporary book on Africa.” Journalism awards include the Ernie Pyle Award for coverage of the siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War, the American Society of Newspaper Editors Award for Non- Deadline Writing (stories about Africa), and the Livingston Award for International Reporting (stories about Africa). Blaine lives in Seattle with his wife Jessica and their two children, Lucinda and Arno. 4 2014-2015 Book in Common Teaching Guide North Korea’s Lack of Electrical Infrastructure at Night http://www.citylab.com/tech/2012/12/new-highly-detailed-image-north-koreas-lack-electrical-infrastructure/4201/ 5 2014-2015 Book in Common Teaching Guide Creative Response Family Written By Tonya McMillion 6 2014-2015 Book in Common Teaching Guide EXT. PRISON PARKING LOT - DAY A slender DOCTOR gets out of his car and locks it. As he looks around the parking lot he reaches in his pocket and takes out a silver cigarette case. He pulls out a cigarette, lights it and starts walking towards the hospital. He notices a police car is outside the hospital's emergency doors. INT. PRISON HOSPITAL - CONTINUOUS A young Korean WOMAN moans because of her contractions. She's in the throes of labor. There are NURSES surrounding her and they all speak English. The Korean woman, SUN, only speaks Korean. INT. PRISON HOSPITAL LOBBY - CONTINUOUS The doctor walks into the lobby and removes his hat. DOCTOR Good morning Emma, why are the coppers outside? EMMA They brought in another one of the shelter women. By the time she got here the baby was nearly out. DOCTOR Well, I don't have any appointments until this afternoon. EMMA Good because the lady is in birthing room five. INT. DOCTOR'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS The doctor walks into his office. He takes off his jacket and puts on his medical coat. He walks into room five and sees the nurses and his patient. INT. SUN'S HOSPITAL ROOM - CONTINUOUS DOCTOR Nurse, who is this? NURSE We don't know. The police dropped her off. Apparently they found her 7 2014-2015 Book in Common Teaching Guide behind one of the shelters trying to pull the baby out herself. She (MORE) NURSE (CONT'D) walked in already in labor. She doesn't speak English so we can't talk to her. DOCTOR She smells like shit. ALL NURSES The cops said she defecated when they picked her up and started throwing it at the them. Sun starts screaming as the baby's crown appears. INT. SUN'S HOSPITAL ROOM - EVENING Sun holds her young daughter when a FAT NURSE and the doctor walk into the room. The doctor starts to stitch Sun up. FAT NURSE Doctor, do you think it's wise to separate a mother and child this early? DOCTOR Nurse, this woman isn't fit to raise a child. The police said she's homeless and the father can't be found anywhere. She doesn't speak English and we don't have the type of facilities to take care of them both. As the fat nurse and doctor talk Sun takes a scalpel from the doctor's tray and slides it underneath her pillow. When the doctor finishes stitching he walks out of the room. He turns back toward the nurse. DOCTOR Get that baby from her, the midwives will know what to do with her. The nurse gives the doctor a pained look. She turns to Sun. 8 2014-2015 Book in Common Teaching Guide NURSE I know you don't understand me, but I need to take your baby. It'll be better for you... for the baby. The nurse picks up Sun's baby and walks out of the room. Sun starts wailing. She senses something isn't right, but she can't understand anything. She takes the scalpel from under her pillow. She places it next to her wrist. She starts to carve the Chinese symbol for daughter just as she finishes the Fat Nurse enters the room with Sun's baby. Sun stops sobbing abruptly. FAT NURSE I'm taking a terrible risk here honey, but I thought you should see your daughter one more time. I know you don't understand me. I just... The nurse hands Sun her baby and tears start to fall from Sun's eyes. The nurse leaves the room. INT. SUN'S HOSPITAL ROOM - LATER The fat nurse walks in with a camera. NURSE What if I take a picture for you? Do you think that will help? Sun doesn't understand the nurse, but she recognizes the camera. She cradles her baby in her arms. Underneath the baby's legs you can see the freshly carved tattoo on Sun's forearm. The fat nurse takes the picture, sets the camera down and takes the baby from Sun for the last time. Sun screams. INT. VICTORIA STATION, LONDON - PRESENT DAY REEN, an average looking Asian woman in her mid-twenties, walks into Victoria station. She gets on a Heathrow airport bound train. Several PEOPLE are sitting down in their seats. BRIGID, a plump Irish woman, sits down next to Reen. BRIGID Excuse me honey is this seat taken? 9 2014-2015 Book in Common Teaching Guide REEN No, you're fine BRIGID My name's Brigid. Reen shakes the woman's hand. REEN I'm Reen, it's nice to meet you. BRIGID Ah, you're American what are you (MORE) BRIGID (CONT'D) doing so far away from home? REEN I was looking for my mom Brigid smiles. BRIGID You lost her did you? REEN Not exactly I was adopted a long time ago. I've always thought about my biological mother. I was here to try and find her. Reen shows Brigid a picture of her as a baby with her mother. BRIGID Where did you get that picture? REEN My adopted parents said when they picked me up there was an old nurse holding me. The nurse told them that she wasn't sure where my mother went to, but that she wanted me to have this picture so I would never..