Analysis Of The Story 'Unbroken'

The book “Lone Survivor” deeply develops Marcus Luttrell individually by explaining his life previously to becoming a Navy Seal. It goes through the process of his pre BUD/S training with Billy Shelton. It describes the rigorous training with Shelton from hundreds of pushup a day, to running down the side of highways carrying telephone polls. The book then progresses into describing what BUD/S training was personally like for Luttrell and the mental and physical strength he had to withstand in order to make it through Hell Week. The characteristics of courage, selflessness and perseverance he learnt in training transition into how he handles the failed operation in the book.

Well-known nonfiction author Laura Hillenbrand, in her best-selling biography, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, describes the chilling reality faced by those living in Japanese prisoner-of-war camps. As the title suggests, this is not the typical World War II tale of hardship that ends in liberation; rather, it follows the main character, Louis “Louie” Zamperini, through his childhood, Olympic performances, and military career leading up to his captivity, as well as his later marriage and many years of healing. Hillenbrand's purpose is to impress upon her readers the scale of this tragedy as well as remind them of the horror that so many nameless soldiers endured. She adopts an emotional yet straightforward tone in order to get readers to sympathize with the characters and truly understand what they went through. To do so, she manages to make the unique story of one man represent the thousands of others going through the same tragedy.

She sits and stares, wondering how this came to be. How can I possibly do anything to cure children of cancer? She tries to go on about her day as if it never happened but couldn’t help but think about Bo and if he will in fact be cured. Several days pass by and CC goes through each day just like she did before she became the Cancer Crusader. One day in class, she notices that Sally is very happy and cheerful. She asked Sally why she was in such a good mood. Sally said, “ Well, you know I told you about my cousin Bo having cancer….. the doctors say that the cancer is gone and he has been cured!!” CC didn’t know how to feel. She was happy that Bo had been cured but she now felt a huge responsibility to make sure that every child she came in contact with would be cured from cancer. What a huge

Do you have a friend or family member that is suffering from leukemia? In this story, “The Michelle I know” by Alison Lohans, the protagonist, Michelle, is suffering from leukemia. Michelle has been staying in the hospital for two months and she is beginning to be affected by the side effects of cancer. She is getting frustrated and bored from the repeated routines in the hospital. Michelle losses her confidence and becomes depressed, but when she meets and talks to Claude, a patient who is experiencing leukemia for 8 years, she regains confidence in herself. At the end, Michelle finally realizes that she can still have a wonderful life and enjoy it because Rob is there to support her and to make her happy. Michelle has an internal conflict with herself due to the side effects of cancer which made her lose her hair and makes her feel unworthy. The central conflict is supported in the story by the title, the setting, and the theme of the story.

Raiders of the Lost Ark directed by Steven Spielberg, has all original music composed and conducted by John Williams. In the, Golden Idol and Boulder Scene we see Indiana Jones and his helper encounter the golden idol. Here jones stands before the idol and there is dissonant music playing this music makes it seem like something is about to happen. We then hear what sounds like a trombone playing a dissonant chord. Jones’s assistant then makes a move toward the idol but Indy stops him before he can even take a step.

Lucy Grealy tells a story about not fitting in, unbearable pain that takes up residence in one's head as loneliness and confusion, questioning what things mean, being scared and lost in your family, enduring intense physical pain, and most importantly, figuring out who you are. Lucy had no idea she might die, even though the survival rate for Ewing's sarcoma was only five percent. She does not present her parents as overly afraid for her life, either. Her autobiography is not a story about the fear of death, but about such courage and anguish. Lucy shows how she falls under the spell of her disability, allowing it to control her life and dictate her future to a greater extent than it would otherwise. Having a disability means that

Lauren tells her, “This is what I’ve been doing—reading and studying these over the past few months … I’m trying to learn whatever I can that might help me survive … I mean to learn everything I can while I can … If I find myself outside, maybe what I’ve learned will help me live long enough to learn more” (Butler. 57). Despite the judgement she receives from others, Lauren remains determined in what she believes is the correct path. She also tries to help her community by encouraging others to start emergency packs, like herself. She shows further inner strength as she preaches a sermon on perseverance to encourage and strengthen the community following the disappearance and presumed death of her father. Lauren continues to show this strength as “The people I’ve grown up with are falling out of my life, one by one” (Butler, 139). Towards the end of the novel, Lauren shows incredible strength as she deals with the destruction of her family and community and her continued tribulations as she leads an ever-growing group on the road north. Throughout the novel, Lauren is portrayed as a strong and intelligent young woman with an aptitude for

Lauren has coped with the challenges she has faced by thinking and appreciating everything she has and also by having two jars to fill in blue and pink stones every time if something in her day went negative or positive. According to the article “Unbroken”, cancer survivor Lauren Bendesky states “ The jars were a way for me to see how my journey was going.” Lauren explains. “Whether I was staying positive or when I started to become more negative.” In addition, Lauren also stated “I had so much support all the time. Anytime I was feeling down physically or mentally, my family and friends were always there to keep my spirits up.” This demonstrates how Lauren coped with the challenges she has faced because she kept her spirits up and always

At the age of five, Elena Desserich and her parents were given the devastating news that she had a rare and inoperable form of brain cancer. Over the next year, the innocent little girl summoned the courage to fight the disease. Elena and her parents refused to let the cancer hold back what precious little time she had left.

The theme of Indiana Jones- Raiders of the Lost Ark, to me seemed to be kind of hard to determine because I feel like there's more than one theme shown. For example, Temptation and destruction to me seemed to be one of the themes shown because all of them were so tempted to open the box of the ark when it had nothing really to do with them because it wasn't supposed to be them who open it. They were all really tempted to open and see what's inside and when it was open it caused destruction. But not only when it was opened it caused destraction, the whole film was basically determined destruction because of everything they went through because of their curiosity. I feel like part of what the filmmakers were trying to teach us was basically that

It was only a week ago when I started figuring out that my life will be constantly rotating, and switching up into a rough road. There was silence in the room, cold sweat on my neck and one thing on my mind, “why our family?” My mom got diagnosed with stage two breast cancer, and it hit me like a train. It is something in your life that you never wanna hear coming out of a doctor’s mouth.

In the short story, “Beauty is Truth” written by Anna Guest, is about a girl,Jeanie, her mom and her brother Billy. Billy gets in trouble for gambling and Jeanie’s mom beats Billy for it. At first, Jeanie didn't understand why her mom beat Billy, but when she did, Jeanie understood her English assignment,to “‘Write about Beauty and truth. About life,’ (Guest 309). That means to write about something real in your life. However, one might think that their life has too many hardships and challenges, but that's what makes life so beautiful. It's all about how one would face the challenges and problem-solve. That's what the teacher in the story, Miss Lowy, was asking the children to write about. Comparably, in the outside source, “US Beauty queen Victoria Graham doesn't hide her scars,” written by Victoria St. Martin, describes a life of a US Beauty Queen that embraces her differences. After falling from a gymnastics bar when she was 10, and felt pain in her back, it never went away and at the age of 19, Graham was diagnosed as having the Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, also known as EDS. In the article, the author says that Graham’s, “ skull was unattached and then reattached to her vertebrae. Her spine is fused, except for one level at the base. Her spinal cord was untethered from her spine twice. I set a birthdays were spent in the hospital. And she got the back scar,” ( Martin 7). Once she understood, in her heart, that she was beautiful, despite the thoughts about having a 25 inch scar down the center of her back, she embraced who she was and believed that she was beautiful. So, Graham decides to let her condition run wild. In the article, the author said what Graham did, “Despite the condition, the resident of Carroll County, Maryland (in the US), was recently crowned Miss Frostburg, the first in

She is giving up on life at this point. The doctor has prescribed four different types of pain medications, but they are not working. She knows she is at the end, but the doctor does not want her to give up. She said she lived, but is ready for things to be over. She has basically given up to the illness. She meets the teenager and he turns her thinking around. He makes her think different, feel different, as well as feel better. She now believes and wants a life.

Charlie Kaufman and Michel Gondry found the perfect, fragmented form to simulate memories in the non-linear storyline of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004). The thematic elements of the film helps this simplistic story of love found, lost, and found again develop into a complex pattern, much like the workings of the brain. Each character is everything you would expect them to be in real life – down to earth, imperfect, and hopelessly searching for the love someone can only dream of. We can relate to them because we all long for more than we are, and want the best of us to be shown to someone else. Memories make up who we are, they define us. Life teaches us lessons which shape our memories, and in turn, we learn from them. What if those memories were gone? Are we still destined to be the same person? The protagonist of the movie is Joel, and the story surrounds his relationship with Clementine. The antagonist can be seen as Patrick, who tries to destroy their relationship, or Lacuna Inc., whose purpose is to make them forget their relationship. Charlie Kaufman has created a beautiful story that incorporates so many valuable forms in cinema, and leaves viewers on the edge of their seat until the very end. My goal is the show the class concepts of this narrative, as well as demonstrate how the way the film’s story is told

And in this world I met the most wonderful girl. Of course, she has cancer in her, because screw her and her happiness in this messed up world. Of course, it could be worse for her. She could’ve died a long time ago from what she has. But then again, what has being alive gotten her?