Analysis Of Unbroken By Laura Hillenbrand

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand provides a detailed description of how Louie Zamperini survives being a prisoner of war. The author uses several ways to develop the central idea of resilience and perseverance. One way the author develops this main idea is by giving vivid descriptions. During the bombings of Wake Atoll, the author uses graphic and vivid phrases like “The islands were now a blaze of garish light.” This quote is just one instance where the author highlights how much resilience was needed to survive this dangerous situation. Secondly, the author develops the main idea by using problem and solution to show the resilience, grit, and perseverance needed for this difficult situation. The text states ““Phil was fighting to get out” and

Persistence means to not give up and keep trying, and both Louie the main character and other characters demonstrate this. “Unbroken” is about Louis Zamperini an olympic runner who joins the military and is shot down and stranded along with two other crewmates. The first reason as to how this theme is shown is that Louie survived forty seven days on a raft in the middle of the ocean. After Louis was shot down, he was stranded in the middle of the Pacific ocean on a raft. Instead of freaking out like one of his crewmates he stayed calm. One quote that proves this is when Mac, one of Louis’s stranded crewmate says “We are going to die!” (Hillenbrand 128). After Mac says this Louis calmed him down and assured that they would stay alive. To add on to this, instead of giving up like other may have done Louie resorts to whatever means possible to live. Even if this includes eating albatross and raw shark (Hillenbrand 149). This portrays that Louie was so persevered to live that he resorted to eating disgusting things so he would remain

In Hillenbrand’s novel Unbroken, Louie is put through many different challenges, including nearly being eaten by a shark, having to survive on a deteriorating raft in the middle of the ocean, and being imprisoned by the Japanese. As a boy, Louie was rebellious, resourceful, a skilled thief, nearly impossible to discourage, and a troublemaker. As a boy, these were undesirable traits, but it was also these traits that would keep him alive in the trials he would face. This article will demonstrate the agency and resilience of Louie, as well as how they helped him in the war.

Enduring and persevering through the snares of life is not always easy. Perseverance is not giving up despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. In the novel Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, the characters face troubles and difficult situations. Louie in particular does not give up although all hope seems lost. Louie exemplifies perseverance through his experience in Olympic running, in the army, and in the ocean.

The first example of the resilience of the human spirit is Liesel dieing at old age after everything she went through. Markus Zusak in The Book Thief writes,”I traveled to Sydney and took Liesel away”(549). Liesel dies at an old age with her husband, three kids, and grandkids. She died far from Himmel Street, at Australia. Liesel survived losing her mom, dad and her brother. Liesel had to leave and create new friends while getting adjusted to her new mom and dad. Also, Liesel had to let go of her new parents, best friend Rudy, Max, and everyone who died during the bombing of Himmel Street. Liesel survived everything to once die of old age instead of any cause of disaster

Everyone encounters obstacles in life that they feel like they can't overcome. People that have 'resilience' can take these challenges head on, stay calm in any situation, and use their problem-solving skills to take advantage of the situation and get themselves out of it. In a section of "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand, a biography of war hero Louie Zamperini, Zamperini is adrift at sea after his bomber crashed in the ocean. He is left with just the remains of the plane and two others, Phil and Mac. Louie Zamperini's key characteristics of resilience and the differences between all three men allow them to overcome adversity, and Louie and Phil make it out alive.

It states in Document B that when he and the other castaways were suffering of thirst, that he hollowed a horse’s leg and stored water to drink in it. It was also stated in Document B, that while he was a slave, he faced periodic hunger. He overcame this it said by eating whatever was available to him whether it was bugs, mice, or snakes. These examples show that he had prior survival skills in how when he was faced with problems that several of his comrades also faced, he was able to think of solutions to them where his comrades could not, which allowed to survive while many of them did

Even in the hardest of times, it is in the human nature to find different ways to triumph. The human spirit is strong enough to triumph anytime. There are three vital things that the human spirit uses to survive. For example; During the Holocaust and during World War Two, there were a few amount of people whose spirit triumphed during these terrible happening. The biggest question now is; How does the spirit triumph?

Anna can persevere through seeing people she was helping survive yesterday, die today. This is the biggest trait that is needed to survive as healthy as you can; doing what Anna does day by day. If Anna couldn’t push through what she does she would be stuck to dwell on the death of somebody she knew, and would be of no help to anybody else.

Survival is living on the hope that better things are yet to come in your life. Right now in our country people survive because of hope and the belief that people are good and they will help them out. People survive when they are homeless on the streets only because of the people who are good at heart and give them food or money to buy clothing for the winter. Gerta survived because of her family and friends. Anne Frank survived because she believed that “Despite all the evil going on in the world I still believe that all people are good at heart.”

Determination When faced with problems, the people with determination are the ones who solve and vanquish it. After a catastrophic event, there are always people who live to tell the tale. Many of these survivors used their determination to survive against physical, mental, and emotional hardships. Elie Wiesel, Paul Rusesabagina, and John F. Kennedy are examples of this. In the memoirs, Night by Elie Wiesel and An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina, and the article, “Sixty Years Later, the Story of PT-109 Still Captivates” by Stephen Plotkin, Elie Wiesel, Paul Rusesabagina, and John F. Kennedy were intent on staying alive in times where it was easier to give up.

There is an abundance of survival characteristics to choose from, some of which we may not even consider, and the individuals from this unit have shown many. I believe that Melinda Murphy and Cole Matthews showed determination to survive life threatening situations. Melinda fought breast cancer like a mercenary, and Cole Matthews strived to live through a severe bear mauling.

The prompt on the essay is based on luck, braveness and smartness to me. Lucky is them being so close to dying, but surviving through a certain point. Brave is a person wanting to cry and being scared that they are dying, but they get tough to survive. Smart is the person having to struggle surviving, but they find a way to survive when they could be starving so they find a way to get food. This is why i think survivors are lucky, brave, and smart

He writes in his log: “Right at that moment I knew I was screwed. But I didn’t want to just die out on the surface. I limped back to the Hab and fumbled my way into an airlock … I knew it was hopeless, but I tried firing up the communications array,” (Weir 6). These actions, as well as the swift moves he takes to treat the injury that cost him a safe ascent with his crew, are the first indicators of his strong spirit. Even now, it is clear that this trait will be integral to his quest for survival. After all, without his tenacity and grit, he probably would “just die out [there]” like he feared (Weir 6). Since this trait will be so important to the plot of the novel, it follows that it will probably also feed into one of its major

Survival is being able to endure and live through challenges that may wear you down (mentally or physically), and there are several ways of showing survival. “The Story of Keesh,” by Jack London, depicts survival through a harsh setting. “The Five People You Meet In Heaven,” by Mitch Albom, depicts survival through character development. In sum, the idea of survival is shown in literature through these two different ways.