HELP PLZ MY BRAIN CELLS ARE GONE 1. As you reread Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, look for interactions among ideas, individuals, and events to gain a deeper understanding of the text. For example, in paragraph 4, how did the North Korean economy affect how the government collected information about people? How did the people respond? What terrible events did these people cause? Cite specific evidence in the text and remember to explain your thinking.

2. According to paragraphs 8-10, how did the events surrounding Chang-bo’s experience with the state security agents begin to change his wife’s ideas about the government? Cite specific evidence from the text and remember to support any inferences you make.

3. In paragraph 13, what does the idiom “let rip” mean? What context clues in paragraphs 13-14 helped you understand the meaning of this idiom as it is used in the text? How does the use of such idioms affect the meaning and tone of the text? Cite context clues and remember to explain your responses.

4. As you reread the last paragraph, determine to what degree Chang-bo shaped his daughter’s ideas. How do you think his daughter feels about living in this society? Draw inferences from the text and cite the evidence you used to make these inferences. Remember to explain your thinking.