Louis Zamperini's Character Analysis

“Running nicely” is a short story written by Morris Lurie, about two orphan brothers: the protagonist, Moses, a twenty-two years old young man and the antagonist, Ben, his younger brother. The story is set during the night at ten PM, in the streets in suburban Melbourne. When the two brothers are running, Moses realizes he has difficulty accepting that Ben is getting older, and that his younger brother is now running faster than him. The author suggests that family relationships after a loss may result in being abnormal and can have consequences on one’s development and behavior. The author effectively conveys this theme through his use of characterization, narrative point of view and irony.

As you are introduced to the story of Anne Frank, you meet many characters with distinct personalities. The one character with the most contrasting personality is Anne Frank. Above anyone else, Anne is always cheerful and positive despite the awful situation she’s in. Throughout the book, you see how Anne matures into a young woman. All of the other characters are very different from Anne, but the most opposite would be Peter.

“Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In”. These are the famous words and title of Louis Zamperinis’ autobiography. Louis Zamperini lived a powerful and meaningful life that has inspired thousands of people. Zamperini was a troubled youth, a track star from the town of Torrance California with impressive records, an Olympic athlete, World War Two Bombardier, Alcoholic, Airplane crash survivor, Japanese Prisoner of War, Inspirational speaker and a founder of a camp for troubled youths. Louis has done it all and was truly a man ‘Unbroken’ by the world.

At their summer home, competitions were excessive encouragements for Joseph Kennedy, substantially among the boys. “As the going gets tough, the tough get going.” Said by him, he expected the boys to be superior in sports and generally everything that they could be involved in. Being competitive is particularly a bad thing; it has its benefits, but the Kennedy brothers have taken the pointless opposition way too distant. Furthermore, the fights were always between John and his eldest brother, Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr. or Joe, because John was the only one who has the ability to imperil his dominant position as the oldest

Life is not a bed of roses rather it is a bed of thorns. Sometimes it looks like paradise but on the other hand it seems like a hell. It depends on human beings how they response under different circumstances. The one human being I believe went through adversities was Louis Zamperini. Zamperini was a POW in Japan. He went through various struggles such as being stranded in the ocean, being tortured in a death camp, starvation; he even used his last bit of strength to save his friends. Louis Zamperini was a man of many traits but the three that stick out to me are having forgiveness, being a leader, and being an inspiration to many.

The protagonist of Robert Newton’s novel ‘Runner’, Charlie Feehan is able to succumb to success through his raw talent and personal ambitions in the ability to run, alongside his persisting confidence. Despite his flair, it is ultimately the people around Charlie, who assist him in his accomplishments and success. Charlie benefitted greatly from the advice and support of Mr Redmond and Squizzy Taylor, and through poverty, which was a driving force behind the want of triumph which continued to drive and sustain Charlie.

Early in the film, we learn how weak the character, Louis Zampaeni is, both physically and mentally. Throughout the movie, we do not get to learn much about his older brother, Pete, besides the childhood stages of Louis’ life, but he consistently pushed Louis to become a better man and to stay out of trouble. As Louis was leaving to compete in the Olympics Pete told him something that he would keep in his heart wherever he went in his life. It was:

This book follows the life of well renowned marathon runner, Alberto Salazar, and delves into his early childhood, his traumatic near death experience, and his legendary accomplishments as a marathon runner. Step by step readers are walked through Alberto’s personal life, offering readers a front row seat to the very interworking’s of his mind. As a child, Alberto struggled with shyness and insecurities about his physic. No one would have guessed that a tiny lanky kid from a small town in Massachusetts would become the greatest distance runner of all time. Growing up Salazar faced many challenges that would eventually mold him into the strong runner that he is. One of these difficulties surrounded Salazar’s fathers and his close relationship with Dictator Fidel Castro. This disagreement along with other family issues fueled their discontentment with each other. Born in 1958, Alberto was alive during a very

Jean Louise has lived her entire life color blind, with the assumption that racial distinctions don’t matter. She treats everyone fairly based on their character as opposed to the color of their skin. This can further be seen when Jean Louise is having dinner with Henry and speaks to their black waiter Albert, “They’ve put you in a white coat” (49). Despite Albert being a black man, Jean Louise treats him as an equal, commenting on his white coat as a way of acknowledging that she knows him as something worth more than what society sees him as. Racism in Jean Louise’s eyes has no value because to her, every individual is one common type who should be treated equally and granted the same opportunities and choices.

Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner approaches society and competition from a satirical standpoint. The contrast between “running” and “racing” is a recurring theme throughout the story, and highlights the motivations of personal and professional success. The differences between running and racing, as discussed in Sillitoe’s story, reveal flaws in governmental systems as well as in the everyday lives of ordinary people.

The Holocaust was a miss to the events in the human history where there were millions of Jews and other people who were deemed “inferior” lost people’s lived at the hands of those whom many would be viewed by evil. However, one girl, Anne Frank, who was in fact Jewish thought and said this: “In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart.” I would have to agree with this quote. I think this way because of the following character Anne when she was giving out presents. However, someone might disagree with me based on this character, Dussel, when he was being rude to Anne and Peter.

As a kid Louie is often in trouble but his brother always seems to see the good in him. Pete, his brother, pushes him to achieve great things. He trains rigorously and eventually becomes good enough to be a part of the Olympics. during world war two many Olympic athletes become part of the military louis being one of them. He does great and even survives his plane getting shot dozens of times.

Pain changes people, it makes them trust less, overthink more, and shut people out. Louis Zamperini, from the biography Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, goes through an infinite amount pain. Hillenbrand recounts Louie’s story of pain, loss, suffering, and finding a will to survive. Enduring all if it Louis Zamperini survives; but with after effects that could ruin him. Ruin or not the captivating book is an unbelievably moving story: there is one message that comes out of reading this biography. Through the struggle of it all we gain strength to make it out alive.

To assess Louie Zamperini, it is first important to understand the impact his brother had on him. Pete Zamperini joined the track and field team once they moved to America. Louie’s hobbies were quite the contrary when they made the transition to California. He drank alcohol, smoked, and got into fights with other boys. Their parents were not keen with Louie’s behavior, but punishing him did not stop him from looking up women’s skirts at Pete’s track practices. Once Pete saw how fast Louie ran away

AJ’s journey was not an easy one. He came from a poor rural family. He helped pay the bills by loading hay bales and cleaning out barns for some of the local farmers. He always knew he was fast. His friends couldn’t keep up when they would run around the neighborhood. He loved to run, the way it made him feel. When he started high school he tried out for the track team. The coach could hardly contain his excitement when he looked at the stopwatch after his first 100 meter run.