Theme Statement For Unbroken

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The book Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand describes the journey of Louie Zamperini, an Olympic runner and an officer in the military. His journey took him from the Olympics to a life raft at sea, to numerous prison camps, and finally back home to America. Throughout the book Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand uses plot to show the theme, the repercussions of losing hope can be detrimental to any life.
The effects of a person losing hope are often harmful to their physical and emotional health. First of all, in Unbroken, Hillenbrand describes the life of Mac on the raft. She says, “Francis McNamara had begun his last journey with a panicked, disastrous act, consuming the only food they had”(128). By eating all the chocolate on the raft, Mac demonstrated