Dear Leader Crossword
Across
- 2. - Large, powerful, and indivisible; used to describe the regime’s control.
- 5. - The state ideology of North Korea, emphasizing self-reliance and nationalism.
- 6. - A situation where a leader uses mass media, propaganda, or other methods to create an idealized and heroic image.
- 9. - name of book
- 12. - Extremely delicate or refined
- 14. - The act of subduing someone or something by force, often used to describe the political climate in North Korea.
- 18. - Where Jang settled down
- 19. - The act of making something unclear or difficult to understand, often used in the regime’s propaganda.
- 20. - Behaving in an obsequious(obedient) way to gain advantage,
- 22. - Jang’s friend who escaped with him
- 23. - where the author was from
- 27. - Present everywhere at the same time,
- 28. - The author of the book
- 29. - Mysterious or difficult to interpret
- 31. - Disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with death or injury, fitting the descriptions of famine and executions.
- 34. - Hostile and unfair treatment, especially due to political beliefs.
- 35. - Traces of something that is disappearing or no longer exists, like remnants of past beliefs or traditions.
- 36. - A system of government in which a single person holds unlimited political power.
- 37. - A harsh mixture of sounds, symbolizing the chaos of fear and tension that pervades society.
- 39. - Appearing true or genuine, but perhaps not actually so.
- 40. - Deep, clear, and continuing to sound or affect, much like the impact of the author’s reflections on his past and escape.
- 41. - The genre of the book
Down
- 1. - A political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life.
- 3. - Unchanging over time or unable to be changed,
- 4. - Deceit used to achieve one's goal, a tactic often used for survival under the regime.
- 7. - Wicked or criminal
- 8. - A system where a single authority exercises absolute power, often associated with oppression.
- 10. - The act of bringing someone or something under domination or control.
- 11. - An imagined state or society where there is great suffering or injustice, often associated with oppressive governments.
- 13. - Impossible to stop or prevent; often used to describe the relentless nature of the regime.
- 15. - Information, especially biased or misleading, used to promote a political cause or point of view.
- 16. - Causing to lose enthusiasm or initiative, often because of a restrictive environment.
- 17. - The North Korean leader in Jang’s time
- 18. - Seeking to undermine the established system or beliefs.
- 21. - where Jang escaped to first after defecting
- 24. - A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true, often used to describe the regime's ideology.
- 25. - The process of depriving people of human qualities, used to describe how citizens are treated by the regime.
- 26. - Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.
- 30. - Teaching someone to accept a set of beliefs uncritically, which is central to the regime’s control over its citizens.
- 32. - Lasting for a very short time, which can describe moments of hope or respite in a bleak situation.
- 33. - A state of complete emptiness or destruction, capturing the bleak atmosphere of life in North Korea.
- 38. - Dominance of one group over others, particularly in terms of political control.