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From the Ted Talk by Yeonmi Park: What I learned about freedom after escaping North Korea

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(Laughter)

And it hit me. Finally, I realized he wasn't starving. But I was never able to see that before, until someone told me that he was fat.

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Really, someone had to teach me that he was fat. If you have never practiced critical tnihinkg, then you splimy see what you're told to see.

The biggest qiseoutn also people ask me is: "Why is there no revolution inside North Korea? Are we dumb? Why is there no rtlvooiuen for 70 years of this oppression?" And I say: If you don't know you're a slave, if you don't know you're isolated or oppressed, how do you fight to be free? I mean, if you know you're isolated, that means you are not isolated. Not knowing is the true definition of isolation, and that's why I never knew I was isolated when I was in North keroa. I literally thought I was in the center of the universe.

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(Laughter)

And it hit me. Finally, I realized he wasn't starving. But I was never able to see that before, until someone told me that he was fat.

(________)

Really, someone had to teach me that he was fat. If you have never practiced critical ________, then you ______ see what you're told to see.

The biggest ________ also people ask me is: "Why is there no revolution inside North Korea? Are we dumb? Why is there no __________ for 70 years of this oppression?" And I say: If you don't know you're a slave, if you don't know you're isolated or oppressed, how do you fight to be free? I mean, if you know you're isolated, that means you are not isolated. Not knowing is the true definition of isolation, and that's why I never knew I was isolated when I was in North _____. I literally thought I was in the center of the universe.

Solution


  1. thinking
  2. simply
  3. question
  4. laughter
  5. korea
  6. revolution

Original Text


(Laughter)

And it hit me. Finally, I realized he wasn't starving. But I was never able to see that before, until someone told me that he was fat.

(Laughter)

Really, someone had to teach me that he was fat. If you have never practiced critical thinking, then you simply see what you're told to see.

The biggest question also people ask me is: "Why is there no revolution inside North Korea? Are we dumb? Why is there no revolution for 70 years of this oppression?" And I say: If you don't know you're a slave, if you don't know you're isolated or oppressed, how do you fight to be free? I mean, if you know you're isolated, that means you are not isolated. Not knowing is the true definition of isolation, and that's why I never knew I was isolated when I was in North Korea. I literally thought I was in the center of the universe.

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