Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken

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The American painter, writer, and naturalist Walter Anderson once said, “Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.” In Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken, a book about World War Two, the courageous Louie Zamperini exemplified Anderson’s words when, in war and out of war, he showed his bravery by fighting for what he believed in even if he had to do something he didn't want to do.

In the beginning of the book, Louie is always getting into trouble for stealing things, but at the same time, he is helping others out. In …show more content…
The boys knew that the plane was about to crash so they had to react fast. “The copilot was so paralyzed with fear, Louie had to take his place” (85). In this instance even though Louie was probably frightened from war, he still stepped up to make the problem better. About five minutes later, the plane had crashed. The only thing that the boys could do was to try to survive as long as they could out in the middle of the ocean. By the twentieth day, the boys were exhausted and the floatation device that the boys were on soon started to deflate and deteriorate and Mac died. As days past every so often Louie and Phil would have to fight off sharks. “Louie, his hands on the animal's snout, shoved as hard as he could, and the shark splashed back into the water” (167). This example shows that Louie is really strong about everything; Phil is strong but doesn’t react the same as Louie. Louie is trying his best and always giving 100% towards everything to keep his crew member safe, I know this because he is probably really tired of being stranded but on the 47th day standed out in the middle of the ocean, something big

Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken

in three words? Not many people can answer this question with words that could perfectly describe their lives. This is not the case for Louie Zamperini. Then again, Louie Zamperini also fits into the category of “not many people.” In Laura Hillenbrand’s story, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, she allows many people inside the life of this track star, turned war hero. These three words, survival, resilience, and redemption, allow many people into the life of Louie…

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Summary Of Laura Hillenbrand's 'Unbroken'

In the excerpt from Laura Hillenbrand’s nonfiction novel Unbroken, the main character Louie, has strong problem-solving skills which in my opinion was most essential in enabling Louie to survive. Louie helps his men to survive and believe in themselves to be survivors. Louie is a very brave man to stay calm during times of trouble, but his ability to problem-solve is incredible. In the beginning of the excerpt, Louie attempts to save Phil from his injury. According to the passage, “Louie dipped…

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Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken

During World War II, Japanese-Americans were relocated and POWs were held in Axis camps. Both camps made the POWs and Japanese-Americans feel invisible and dehumanized. The book Unbroken: by Laura Hillenbrand captures the views of the captives in the Japanese POW camps from Louis Zamperini’s point of view. Louis Zamperini was a problem child growing up until his brother Pete introduced Louis to track. After years in high school and college Louis found himself on the American Olympic track team in…

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Analysis Of Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken

As the Australian-Israeli businessman Frank Lowy once said, “The human being is very resourceful. When you fight for survival, you don't think much; you just do. If you think too much, you sink.” In Laura Hillenbrand's unforgettable, biography Unbroken, the ever resourceful Louis Zamperini was thrown into a haunting series of events after his B-24 bomber went down in the middle of the Pacific. Surprisingly, Louie survived the crash and other atrocities of World War II. Remarkably, Louis resourcefulness…

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How To Find Flyboys In Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken

In the Novel Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand illustrates the experience of Louie Zamperini. It is 1941 Louie enrolls for the Army Air Corps, unfortuntelly Louie drops out because of airsickness. In the meantime Louie ends up working on a film as a extra in the film They Died with Their Boots On and is drafted. Unfortunely Louie did not hadnent his papers when resigned from the air corps: He’d agree to rejoin them. So now Louie is going to be a bombardier. Louie succesfully finds one perk to being, a…

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Unbroken By Laura Hillenbrand: Chapter Analysis

In chapters 1-7 of Laura Hillenbrand's book Unbroken, precise words were used to help the reader visualize the text. In these chapters Louie is the neighborhood troublemaker and always stealing stuff even if you turn your back for a second. His brother Pete finally finds a way for him to channel that energy by having him run. One example of this is when Louie is training for his race and improving very quickly. “But Louie was improving so quickly,he’d lopped a staggering forty-two seconds off his…

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Unbroken, By Laura Hillenbrand: Literary Analysis

he had flown in crashed, and he became a POW for more than three years. Mutsuhiro Watanabe, a former Imperial Japanese Army sergeant during World War 2, had made it his top priority to break Louie’s resilience, and abused him daily. In Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken, character is used to illustrate the theme war and conflict have profound and varied effects on individuals. After the war, numerous POWs suffered from PTSD, due to the harsh treatment at the camps. During the war, POWs were degraded…

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Perseverance In Unbroken

World War II, it was not unlikely for enemy nations to be holding prisoners of war in their territory, forcing them to do grueling work with the possibility of being tortured for information. Such circumstances is displayed in Laura Hillenbrand’s nonfiction work, Unbroken: A WWII Story of Survival, Resilience, & Redemption. Throughout the book, the audience learns about Louie Zamperini, an Olympic runner that is forced into World War II, and his journey through many hardships after his plane crashes…

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Unbroken: World War Ii and Greatness Essay

Unbroken Unbroken, written by Laura Hillenbrand, tells a true story of a young man’s journey to achieve greatness. By experiencing a rough childhood, joining the Olympic Games and surviving the Japanese prison war camps, pushed him to reach his full potential. As Bo Bennett once said, “A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement”. While some people are predisposed to greatness as they are born with certain genetics, others work hard to achieve as certain situations bring…

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Unbroken Character Analysis

fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can’t stay down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn’t think we could be that strong.’’ In Laura Hillenbrand’s nonfiction book Unbroken, when Louis Zamperini survived a plane crash into the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and when he survived harsh beatings at POW camps, he showed courage through all of it. Hillenbrand captured Louie’s courageous struggle to return…

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