Louie Zamperini's Journey

On January 26th, 1917, Louie Zamperini was born to an immigrant Italian family that lived in New York. His family consisted of his mom (Louise), dad (Anthony), brother (Pete), and his two sisters (Sylvia and Virginia). In 1919 they decided to move to California and his father got a job as a railway electrician. As Louie got older he became more and more of a troublemaker. He would steal almost anything from the town. In the 1930’s eugenics started to take off in America. Louie realized that if he didn’t shape up his act, people would start targeting him. After Louie gets in trouble for sneaking kids into a basketball game, Pete convinces him to join track. This is when Louie starts outrunning what’s after him… literally.

Initially, Zamperini was not fond of running, infact, Hillenbrand states, “Louie hated running, but the applause was intoxicating, and the prospect of more was just enough incentive to keep him marginally compliant” (chapter 2). It is explained that Zamperini didn’t like to run, but only ran for the joy of victory. With this quote alone we can infer that he would do whatever it took to win those races. As a matter of fact, later on in the book it is shown that he, indeed, did do whatever it took to win, “Louie trained so hard that he rubbed the skin right off of his toes and his socks were bloody” (chapter 3). This is showing he will do as much as he can to come out on top. With all of his hardwork and perseverance he finally did achieve his goal. Louie Zamperini went to the Olympics to race in the 5000-meter distant event. Even though he came in eighth, he had one of the fastest time on the last lap, 56 seconds. After working so hard to become what he has always dreamed, his battle was nowhere near

In conclusion, the time period of 1800-1850 white Americans expanded across the western side of the continent encountered conflict and different interactions with various Indian nations. Popular belief believed that that to achieve an ultimate point of rest and happiness that they should share their settlements and

The history of America is built upon the foundation of the settlers uneasy relations with the Native Americans. The colonists and the Native Americans relationship differed within each group of settlers and each tribe in different colonies. Despite select native tribes starting off with a civil relationship with the colonists; a clash of different lifestyles, cultures and beliefs between them eventually led to many conflicts with one another no matter what colony.

Faragher, Buhle, Cziyron and Armitage ( 2010) note the westward development into the new territories of the United States usually took place in three stages; trade, settlement and statehood. The speed at which this expansion occurred reinforced America's sense of themselves as a pioneering people. This experience worked to create a belief that the United States was a nation of adventurous, optimistic, and democratic people (p. 357).

Louie Zamperini is a very inspiring character. From a troublemaker thief to a record breaker to a hero he turned himself around. It’s not about the mistakes you make in life its what you do about them and that was the biggest takeaway from this book.

Gold, furs, religious freedoms, a new start, a new venture; whatever the reason that prompted a colony to commence in America, one thing stood out in the minds of the settlers: survival. The first colonist stood on ground once thought absent to the world, their journey started and ended where most before thought the world too ended. Yet, for these first pilgrims, puritan, and pioneers the new-world provided untold possibilities, sadly though, it also yielded immeasurable hardships. This is why, the history of colonial cooperate has always demonstrated to some degree, a yearning for unity and cooperation; this history also provides the basis that fuels the need for a common government, that inevitably forms after the American Revolution. Examples

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

Frederick Jackson Turner wrote the book “The Significance of the Frontier on American History”. The book’s basis was about his idea that American people created their own lifestyle. Until this time, most people believed that the way that America was was because when people founded the country, they brought their ways of life from Europe. Turner turned the U.S. on it’s head when he expressed that how Americans lived was from their own trial and error. As America expanded toward the West, they did not have any knowledge about the land. They didn't know how to live on it or farm it so they learned what worked and what did not. They didn't use any methods from other countries. They explored the land on their own. For example, If a boat shipwrecked on a desolate island, the people would not know anything about the land and there would be no one there to teach them. They would begin a new way of life. They would have to pick teams to do daily tasks and they would have to write

“The circle of life is never broken” (Taos Pueblo Indian). The colonists just tore apart the land and started changing the Native American culture. Some Native American’s learned to coexist with the colonists by setting up trade networks and adopting some of their technologies. Many others thought that what the colonists were doing was wrong and didn’t cooperate with the transition to the European customs.

The freedoms and opportunities enjoyed by the colonists after the American Revolution were not simply established as much as they were fought tooth and nail for. The colonists between the 15th and 18th century faced much turmoil in which they had to overcome in order to become the success they sought after. Many of these freedoms and opportunities came at a cost to other people and cultures as the colonists paved their way to a new society. To gain full benefits of their freedoms, the colonists would also have to explore new ideals to shape the way they run their lives in order to be true successes. These successions can be tied back to the first Native American treaties.

history focuses on the conquest of new land through westward expansion and global imperialism. Starting with the roots of frontier and building up into a huge network of land and territory evokes a common and national goal among the American people during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Frontier and expansion of the great west allowed for the United States to gain power and work its way up to bigger and better: the world. With so much land to acquire and such a desire to conquer, the United States was able to build its coveted empire, but only with a certain cost. The damages and death brought about by westward expansion and imperialism greatly outweigh the benefits. The United States grew rapidly and was able to spread its culture like wildfire but the territories and nations that were to be civilized were damaged victims. Culture was destroyed and the United States’ reputation was tarnished during this time period. Growing discontent in the county continued to escalate throughout the twentieth century and our country wasn’t united and failed to share a national

With different cultures and beliefs, it is very hard for groups of people to avoid conflict with one another. One of the biggest factors of the clash between Native Americans and Europeans is that they are coming from completely different lifestyles. Europeans had very poor diet, which consisted of mostly bread and soup. Those who did not starve were malnourished. Europe was filled with many diseases that killed much of Europe’s population. Native American survival was based on hunting and gathering. If they killed an animal they ate, if they failed to do so they went hungry. Native Americans lived under a democratic system and were separated into tribes and lived in tents. There was no such thing as rich or poor between tribes, which eliminated competition to move up the social ladder. Some tribes were very small, and to avoid being outrun by larger tribes, the

European explorers first landed on the shores of what would later become North America more than 500 years ago. Not long after the first explorers had entered the "New World" they found out that they were not alone on this new frontier. Their neighbors in this new land were the Native Americans who had been there for centuries, virtually unaware of life outside the continent. Thus began an inconsistent and often times unstable relationship between the European settlers and the North American Indians. Two nations who had particularly interesting relationships with the Native Americans were the British and the French, both of whom took different approaches to their relations with the Indians economically as well

Social Darwinism, the post empire-building world was ridden with rivalry for the restricted assets that were available around then. Only the solid countries might adventure the assets arranged in the weaker countries paying little respect to the political, financial and social effect their actions would have on the countries being referred to. The more grounded countries saw the failing of the locals and framed the thought that they were unfit to survive from this day forward they as the more grounded countries were defended to grab the common assets and area arranged in the local nations. The pre-pilgrim America was an area made up of native local tribes whose lifestyle was sub-par when contrasted with the lifestyles of the British.