Brief Summary Of The Book 'Unbroken'

World War 2 was already deadly enough but then America took it to another level with the atomic bomb. In total over 200,000 people lost their lives from the atomic bomb. Instead of America using the atomic bomb there were many other alternatives America could have used. After the atomic bomb hit there was a lot of damage done to Japan that left the country in so much damage and bad levels of radiation. Many people describe the country after the atomic bomb hit saying how everything disappeared and there was nothing left. In the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand she writes about a bombardier Louis Zamperini and his experience in the war. Towards the end of Unbroken Louis describes the damage from the bomb. Louis says “ It was all gone like there was nothing there”. The atomic bomb made many people suffer even years after it hit since the damage was so bad. American should have thought about the how the damage of the

Louie was able to survive in the raft because of his brother Pete, his Olympic experience and he was smart and papered, to a degree. Pete influenced his survival because before Louie joined the war Pete helped train him for the Olympics, when Pete pushed and encouraged him to never stop and to always keep his head up, which help Louie not give up on the raft and keep fighting for his life. The text states on pages 15, “from that day on Pete was all over Louie for him to train,” this proves that Pete pushed Louie, which thought Louie to never stop and to always keep going. The Olympic experience helped Louie survive because it thought him to take the pain and keep going. The text states on page 44, “…as he neared the final turn he saw a tiny

Nowadays, there are more and more movies and books about the hero, such as superman, spiderman, and the Avengers. These heroes all have superpowers, they are strong and save the world. They are immortal and so powerful that can solve all the problems. However, the word can be explained in a different way, in book “Unbroken", the main character Louis Zamperini is the hero. Louis did not have any superpowers, other than went to the WWII, he was a hero that ever give up on himself, he believes tomorrow will be better. This belief saved his friends, too. Louis' kindness to forgive “the bird” at the end of the book shocked me. But they are not regarded as the realistic heroes to me, I only see them at the theatre or in the book. The hero to me

Louie Zamperini has had a miraculous life, and has stared death in the eyes countless times. Louie, in his childhood, was in many fights and did some crazy stunts that are amazed people by how he didn’t get seriously injured or die for that matter. He went to the olympics and was nearly shot by a nazi. Years later when he was in the military he survived 47 days on a raft and survived multiple horrible POW camps. In the novel Unbroken, Louie Zamperini has a history of being very rebellious but is determined to go on by any means necessary.Louie, throughout his life, has been a rebel, but was as determined as it gets whether it was running, to surviving on the raft or POW camps. Louie was a rebel when he was young for the most part, stealing,

“Unbroken” is about a teenage girl named Lauren Bendesky. Lauren was a very active girl until May 27, 2012, Lauren found out that she had Neuroblastoma, which is a type of cancer. During the journey she had to say a temporary goodbye to her classmates and friends. The chemotherapy made her feel very sick and she could not walk more than a few steps or she would be out of breath. The chemotherapy made Lauren’s hair fall off in chunks. She wanted no one to see her bald head so she asked her grandma and her aunt she picked out a wig. She would wear the wig all the time but, realized that it is okay not have her wig so she took it off and started to rock her bald head. Lauren faced challenges when she was dealing with cancer but, no matter how

Lastly, when Louie went to go see the guards that enslaved and beat him during the war, he smiled at them and forgave them, “...the men who had abused him watched him come to them, his hands extended, a radiant smile on his face” (273). Although the guards beat and enslaved him, like Watanabe, he will forgive them because he wants to let them have a decent life like

Louie Zamperini demonstrates perseverance all throughout his life. For example, when Louie was training for track, he worked all day. As said in Unbroken, “[Louie] trained so hard that he rubbed the skin right off one of his toes, leaving his sock bloody. (1.3.9)”, is one many may glimpse over without giving it much thought. But, this quote shows how much Louie wanted to win, how much he needed to be number one. Louie would work until he was physically beat, but by analyzing this quote for just a moment more, one would realize that although he was physically hurting, his inner strength was stronger than ever. He knew what he wanted and was going to work until he got it. Louie’s perseverance in all that he

“Weakness of attitude is weakness of character”.(Albert Einstein) In Laura Hillenbrand’s Book Unbroken Louie Zampermini shows his resourcefulness when he and other POWs refuse to work outside the camp and he convinces the bird to let them work in the camp shows that Louie was a determined and this personifies Einstein's words as well as showing his resourcefulness. The proof that Louie refused to give up to stop fighting shows exactly how much character attitude and resourcefulness Louie had. This unforgettable tale of how Louie would not quite and would fight his demons directly or indirectly in clever ways to his own breaking point through the toughest of times that we cannot even imagine.

When Louie first enlisted in the war, he was terrified of heights, but wanted to fly a plane. He had to overcome his fear to accomplish being able to fly. When Louie and his crew were flying their bomber named Superman, it was hit by enemy fire. Many of the crew members inside were injured, Louie did everything to try help them survive. Shortly after the attack, Louie’s plane crashed into the ocean. Three of the crewmen who were on the plane, including Louie, were the only ones who survived. 46 days passed, the men fought vigorously for their lives, with no food or water. With the willpower of trying to survive, they also had to survive the sharks and the Japanese bombers. When Louie finally reached land, he was nowhere near alive or healthy. After finding land, Louie was held as a POW never knowing if he was going to live to see the next day. “It was a secret interrogation center called Otuna, where “high value” captured men were housed in solitary confinement, starved, tormented, and tortured” (Hillebrand 198). He was dehumanized and constantly made fun of. Louie had to use his survival skills to continue on to be able to survive being a POW. “Confident that he was so clever, resourceful, and bold enough to escape any predicament, Louie was almost incapable of discouragement. When history carried him into war, this resilient optimism would define him” (Hillenbrand 7). Despite the challenges

According to the great retired olympian track athlete Gail Devers, “Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can’t stay down. We can’t allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn’t think we could be that strong.” In Unbroken, a biography written by Laura Hillenbrand, Louis Zamperini illustrates Devers’ words with his resilience, springing back after his World War II bomber crashed and enemy forces captured him. In the end Louis’ ability to make due with every hellish situation life threw at him that influenced Hillenbrand’s aspired survival story.

Louie was able to bounce back from a lot of hard, difficult times that for some people they may have lost their dignity to keep on going. A quote that explains why resilience is such a key trait is when it says “A fist connected with Louie’s nose, and he felt a crunch” (145). Afterward Louie was able to rebound from the incident by forcing his broken nose back into place. This allowed Louie to not give up hope, therefore he was able to avoid becoming despondent. Another example of being resilient is when it says “The extremely low caloric intake and foul food put men’s lives in jeopardy” (149). Instead of Louie getting discouraged by not having much food to eat, he was able to think in his mind about a different topic to get his attention away from food and starvation. One last quote describing this trait is, “When the exercise was over, the men had to stand outside, regardless of the weather” (149). This shows that Louie and other prisoners were forced to stand outside in terrible conditions to be lectured at and even beaten if they did not make eye contact with the guards. Somehow Louie was able to endure the pain when he was beaten in front of everybody. Resilience is probably the main reason that prisoners like Louie survived because it is the ability to bounce back from a harsh environment that disrupts their

In the book, Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie Zamperini was majorly obsessed with vengeance throughout the end of the book that his life was consumed by the quest for it. Louie felt as if the Bird had stolen his dignity at the POW campsites, where he was beaten, humiliated, starved, and stripped of his powers of self-defense. Louie was overwhelmed with his anger that the only objective he sought was to get revenge on the Bird. In other words, Louie was angered about his loss of dignity at the POW campsite, he wanted to get revenge on the Bird by killing him, and how Louie eventually forgives the Bird for what he did to him. These three reasons show how Louie’s loss of self-dignity in the POW camp was pursued.

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.

Louie shows perseverance in the Olympic race. Hillenbrand writes, “In terrible pain, he took a staggering step off the track …he had no resistance to offer. Still he ran on” (Hillenbrand 26). This shows his perseverance because although Louie is in pain, he did not give up. Instead he kept running, enduring through his pain. Hillenbrand mentions, “But he had nothing to lose. He trained so hard that he rubbed the skin right off one of his toes, leaving his sock bloody” (Hillenbrand 23). Louie trained so hard that his skin had rubbed off. This shows Louie’s perseverance because even though he felt pain, he did not stop training because he was determined to win the Olympic race.

Louie and Phil used all of their strength to overcome the obstacles they went through, both physically and mentally. Their physical strength was tested throughout their entire journey. Being stranded on the ocean took the initial toll on Louie and Phil’s bodies by diminishing them down to 67-87 and 80 pounds, respectively. Both of them had weighed around 150 pounds when they had crashed. Louie’s mental strength was tested as well. He started to have hallucinations of people singing in the clouds, most likely due to dehydration. The two retained their strength though, by focusing on their survival and trying to remain sane. Their optimism also had a great influence on how strong they were. In Ruth Robertson’s (2016) article “The Strength of Optimism” she states, “There are many benefits to having a more optimistic mindset. Research tells us that it can lengthen your life, determine how you overcome life’s obstacles, build resilience and manage the risks of developing depressive disorders and other mental health issues” (para. 3). Robertson is saying that optimism can help you through the hard times that life throws at us. A positive mindset can transform a life or death situation. Louie even retained a lot of physical strength while he was in the prisoner of war camps. Near the end of his imprisonment he would have to carry literal tons back and forth for hours. The Bird, one of the Japanese guards and Louie’s worst