Inside North Korea: the ultimate package tour by Carole Cadwalladr is a non-fiction text that shows what goes on inside the mysterious country that is North Korea.

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 Inside North Korea: the ultimate package tour by Carole Cadwalladr is a non-fiction text that shows what goes on inside the mysterious country that is North Korea. The fact that the text is detailed non-fiction enhances my appreciation by helping me understand everything Cadwalladr is experiencing while inside North Korea and by not skimming over details that many writers usually would.

The Imagery in the text paints a vivid picture of North Korea exceptionally well.

"it feels like not unlike entering a fold in the space-time continuum"

by saying this the writer is painting an image of an empty place where everything looks the same and no part is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts. "The city simply vanishes from view. Poof! Like a cheap trick in a pantomime" This sentence refers to the electricity being cut off at 10pm in North Korea and intercalates the image of a whole city of glittering lights being before your eyes one minute the there being nothing but a void of darkness the next.

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The word choice in the text associates the writers thoughts and feeling in an very desciptive way causing the reader to stir up many different emotions towards North Korea."You may not get to see the "real" North Korea, but this "unreal" North Korea is a fascinating thing in and of itself" the effects left on a reader after reading this could range from fascinated to confused. By saying "you may not get to see the real North Korea" one could be left thinking if the "un-real" North Korea portrays itself in such a strange way then how strange ...

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