Restatement In Unbroken

Words: 550
Pages: 3

An Incredible Story
Louie Zamperini, a childhood delinquent, an Olympic athlete, an Air Force bomber, faced his greatest challenge when he was captured by the Japanese in World War II. He displayed tremendous amounts of courage and willpower in his fight to survive and eventually overcome. Laura Hillenbrand discovered his incredible story and sought to share it with others who struggle to understand the atrocious and degrading experiences that World War II prisoners of war (POWs) often endured. In Unbroken, Hillenbrand evokes feelings of sympathy through the use of restatement, vivid imagery, and halting syntax, while sustaining an enlightening tone, in order to achieve her purpose.
Hillenbrand begins by exploring some of the psychological