Catch Him If You Can Character Analysis

Chapters 1–5 introduce an average boy who would become a remarkable man. Born in 1917, Louie Zamperini was the child of Italian immigrants. Growing up in Torrance amidst poverty and anti-Italian bias, Louie got in the habit of running outside the law. He started smoking when he was 5 years old and drinking when he was 8. He stole anything he wanted—mostly food, money, and whatever else he could find. He ran small scams and vandalized property. Pete, Louie’s older brother, became concerned.

Here are all examples of Louie being tenacious throughout his life. On page 113 this happens “The bird pecked franctitly, slashing Louie’s knuckles. Louie grabbed its head and broke its neck.”. Here Louie is lost at sea and he is trying to get food and grabs on to this bird, and it pecks

Expectations from your parents, your peers, and others influence the person you are and the person you become. In this short story “The Palace Thief”, expectations play a very important role. In Ethan Canin’s short story, he develops 2 protagonists, Sedgewick and Hundert. Hundert is a history teacher at St Benedict's and Sedgewick is one of his students. Hunderts expectations influence Sedgewick in many ways as well as Sedgewick's father, the senator. Expectations as a child define who you will become as an adult. Hundert and the senators expectations for Sedgewick as a child interfere with who he is as an adult.

He was a child with a glum future. Him being in track and running, let him know what he was capable of doing. Louie built up self esteem through track. He left a mark on World record and NCAA record times. He was able to travel the world. Louie got to visit Germany, before the Third Reich reign. He traveled the pacific while on duty. Something most people did not get the chance. Even though he was risking his life while traveling. Louie got the privilege of being a torchbearer in the 1984 Olympics and 1998 Winter Olympics. Louie lived an incredible

Louis Zamperini, the main character of Laura Hillenbrand’s biography Unbroken, led a promising running career in his life prior to his military service and captivity. In 1931, Louis was encouraged to join the Torrance High School track team by his older brother, Pete. Running came easily to Louis, and became a force to be reckoned with rapidly in the racing world, dropping his mile time to just under five minutes by 1933. He gave some of the fastest men in the country a scare at the 1936 Olympic Trials when he nearly beat Don Lash, America’s fastest runner of the 5,000 meter race, and proceeded to compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Aside from the resounding fame that his running career provided him, it also instilled discipline, dedication, and astounding willpower that followed him through his life.

Louis is known for being a hero in numerous ways. Being in the Olympics to prison camps changed him to the person who was capable of bring a revered hero. Laura Hillenbrand explores the many reasons Louie is known for being an outrageous hero in Unbroken through biographical and historical lenses.

The Story of Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of Louis “Louie” Zamperini and the many challenges he faced throughout his life and his will to survive. Unbroken was an incredible and inspirational read. The main theme of Unbroken is when faced with challenges the human need to survive and the resilience that is needed to survive is powerful. There are many examples of the theme in Louie’s story which Hillenbrand broke down into five different periods of Louie’s life.

In the biography, Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, a young boy named Louis Zamperini’s life revolved around running and training for the Olympics. Running had a huge impact on his life and ended up changing how he would act. In his early days, Louis was an irresponsible and rebellious kid. Running would later force him to buckle down and focus on running and training. Many people influenced Louis, but only one made the biggest impact on his life. That person is Pete Zamperini, Louis’ older brother.

Zamperini went through a lot in his life: the crash of the Green Hornet, being rescued from the sea, and the aftermath of the war. These events influenced his life greatly in many different ways. In the end, bad luck and good luck each influenced him at different points in his life, leaving him

Louie survives, even when a sadistic guard nicknamed “the Bird” who especially attacked Louie personally. The Bird singles Louie out and tortures him mentally and physically abuses him the most of everyone, including the infamous scene where Louie is forced to hold a large wooden log above his head until told other wise and if he dropped it a guard was ordered to kill him on the spot. After the war is declared over, American planes dropped food and other supplies to the camps including Louie’s. Back home being a very different man malnutritioned and unable to run, Louie reunites with his family, who have all worried themselves almost to death about him being missing or presumed dead. Later Louie married Cynthia Applewhite. They have a daughter, but Louie now has an alcohol addiction and has flashbacks of the war and his time spent on the raft and in the prison camps he was trapped in. Louie still cannot run or find a new career; he only wants to murder the Bird because of what he did to him and because he singled him out to inflict pain upon. When Cynthia files for divorce, Billy Graham comes to town and starts some tent preaching

In the biography Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, a troubled adolescent boy named Louis Zamperini revolves his life around his running career. Starting at such a young age, running had many impacts on Louie’s life. The high demand of training kept Louie distracted from making unintelligent choices he had previously been making. Running changed the young teenager he was and the man he was going to become.

First of all, one great characteristic that stood out to me was Lou´s self discipline. For example, one day as a young child Lou was feeling ill. His mother claimed that he must stay home and rest. When

Choosing whether to live or die is a big decision for one seventeen-year-old girl to make. In the novel If I Stay by Gayle Forman, Mia Hall and her family get in a big car crash. Her brother Teddy, and her parents Denny and Kat Hall die in the car crash. She gets taken to a hospital in Portland and as she's in the hospital she goes back and refers to good and bad times in her life. In the end, these reflections on her past make her realize she has to make a choice whether to live or to die. Her love for the cello, Adam, and best friend Kim help her make the decision clearly. Mia starts out as a shy, independent girl, then leads on to be very guarded, and by the end she blooms into a strong young woman. By the end of the book she perceives that dying is easy and

If you believe in yourself and have dedication, pride, and never quit, you will be successful. Markus Zusak, the author of The Book Thief, creates a story of a young orphan named Liesel Meminger, who is living with her new foster family. She learns the wonders of reading from her foster father and grows to love books. During Liesel’s time with her new family, she shows determination through her efforts and kindness with her encounters with other people. Liesel in The Book Thief expresses her traits, such as hardworking, and bravery.

For my January book project letter the character I'm going to pick is Magnus Chase. I picked Magnus because he dreams for a lot of things like he wishes he could keep everyone in the world safe from harm, and for villains to stop doing villainy things. So during this time I'm going to talk about my dream for Magnus.