Book Analysis: I Am Leah Strong

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Unbroken was written in 2010 by Laura Hillenbrand and later adapted into a movie in 2014. It is a story about a young Olympian named Louis “Louie” Zamperini, who made it into the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He later gets drafted into the Air Force and fought in World War II; only to get stranded in the ocean and captured by the Japanese. The book and the movie both cover the same main topics and are over the same events, but they aren’t both the same. The book goes into more detail than the movie in many instances; however, sometimes the movie shows a more detailed and powerful scene when compared to the book.

Louie Zamperini finds himself in a world of trouble in the darkest settings when numerous things don’t go his way. Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken, is a powerful, interesting non-fiction piece that presents Louie and Phil in a difficult, life-threatening battle for survival. The two men survive a devastating plane crash in the middle of the ocean, and they are forced to work together to pull through. Following that, they are sent to Japanese camps where they do exhausting labor, get terribly beaten, and aren’t allowed much food. The two stranded soldiers find their determination from god, their families, and a few unexpected friends.

(H) Have you ever survived or know of someone who has survived through something? How did they survive? (B) Well, many survivors have qualities that make them survive. In Trapped by Aron Ralston, he survives because he had to brake his arm to get free from the rock that was pinning his arm down.

Would you stay in an unhealthy relationship?” Beaten” is a novel about a couple who fell in love they appear to be the perfect couple. But when they have their first fight, Ty screams at Paige. Paige is shocked and afraid, but Ty, apologizes. Paige stays in this unhealthy relationship , then after losing a game, Ty goes ballistic and hits Paige his girlfriend . Ty is arrested for assault. Even after this, Paige secretly meets up with Ty. This makes this relationship worse. The tone of Suzanne Weyn novel “Beaten” was peaceful, aggressive and very serious at the end. The tone in this novel is important because it helps the reader to determine the author's purpose and the overall theme or the main idea of the story.

As an author Laura Hillenbrand has made an impact of people's lives, whether it is her power of words that affects the way people feel or the pure power of the true stories she writes about. Hillenbrand has a unique way of writing her books. She suffers from an incurable disease called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, which makes people increasingly tired and unable to do most usually easy things. Though being confined to her house hasn't stopped her. She still has outstanding capabilities. For instance in the process of writing her second book Unbroken, she needed to learn more about American military aviation but she couldn't leave her house to find a place and just normal research online would cut it. So she set an interview with an enthusiast of World War II aviation, Bill Darron, at her house. During the interview she learned all she needed to make the

How do you think a person with a baby on its way have to come of age? Well this question is related to two people named Bobby and Nia but the only thing is that they are both still teens in high school. They are both in a book called The First Part Last by Angela Johnson. I'm going to talk about how they are going to come of age throughout the book by symbols.

The American industrialist Henry Ford once said, “ Life is a series of experiences, each of which makes of bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character , and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.” In Laura Hillenbrand’s nonfiction book Unbroken, the fearless Louis Zamperini epitomized Ford’s words when, he survived imprisonment for over 2 years only after his World War II bomber crashed into the middle of the Pacific . Thankfully Louie’s fearlessness helped him return home and share his story with the world.

In Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie Zamperini transformed from a troublesome child, to an Olympic runner, to a World War II airman, to a castaway, to a prisoner of war in japan. Louie Zamperini then turned to Alcoholism in order to cope with his Post-traumatic stress disorder. During his struggles, Zamperini shows both how maintaining hope can help an individual triumph over their hardships and how finding hope can allow a person to change their life for the better. Mr. Zamperini shows how hope and memory can help people triumph over their struggles through sharing his experience during an Olympic race and by sharing the story of him being a castaway on a life raft. During the final lap of the olympic race, Louie Zamperini used memory

The article “Gimme an A (I Insist!) by Abigail Sullivan Moore is a commentary on grade inflation in high schools. The author discusses how high school averages are on the rise while SAT scores are staying the same. Moore goes into detail about how teachers are giving students better grades in an attempt to spare their feelings. She then covers how this negatively affects our students. The major points that will be covered in this paper are how relevant this article is and how the problem discussed is affecting our students.

Hillenbrand and the author of the text about Mine’ Okubo explain how perseverance and resilience are essential for surviving difficult times. Throughout both texts, the authors use several methods to develop this central idea.

In Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, innumerable controversial issues were addressed. The actions of many men were recited to be judged by the reader. Some actions elicit sympathy and respect while others induce horror and anger.

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Laura Murphy is a member of the Lake Braddock Secondary School Parent-Teacher-Student Association in Fairfax Station, Virginia. Murphy is advocating for students at the high school to not read a particular novel. The novel that she is challenging happens to be the Pulitzer Prize winner Beloved by Toni Morrison. Murphy is not only challenging the book, but is also wanting to ban Beloved. In regards to future literature, “new polices are adopted for books assigned” that might have objectionable content.

In the first half of the historical nonfiction novel, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie Zamperini endures many hardships in his life. These struggles make me feel sorry for him and the trouble he is in. As a child, he was unable to fit in, his peers considered him “a bad kid”. Louie would unfortunately steal things on the streets, and consistently get into fights with others, commonly for no reason at all. However, the positive side to his actions, was the speed and running ability he built up. I felt relieved when his brother encouraged his participation on the school track team. In a nutshell, Louie was a natural star. His large, skinny frame and long frame gave him ideal running characteristics. No longer was Louie a bad kid, he was a