Yeonmi Park’s speech exemplifies the hardships of many North Korean refugees who have escaped the

rigid communist regime in their pursuit of freedom. Park illustrates the sufferings through the story of
her journey as a young refugee who was subject to human trafficking in China.

She encourages the audience to help inform the world of the inhumane conditions the regime has
imposed. Park concludes the speech by thanking the audience for listening as this can be the first step
towards helping the oppressed citizens of North Korea. Park’s speech is socially relevant because it
creates awareness about refugees.

The central thesis of this paper focuses on Yeonmi Park utilizing her speech as a vehicle to educate the
world on the adversities faced by refugees from North Korea.

Another audience member asked Yeonmi about her long term goal in life/where she wants to see
herself in 10 years.

She replied that she just wants to be happy. She wants to have a normal life.