Resilience In Torrance

One of many character traits for Louie is determined. A statement from the text is “In the 5,000, well over three miles, a final lap in less than 70 seconds was astounding. Louie had run his last lap in 56 seconds” (p. 36). This quote shows how Louie is determined because of how hard he worked and trained just to get close to first place and willingly to finish the last lap in 56 seconds. Another quote from the text is

As a young boy, Louie Zamperini is a major troublemaker in his hometown of Torrance, California. He steals food and runs away. Pete, his older brother, helps Louie by training him and help develop his love for running after getting into trouble one too many times. Louie trains non-stop and breaks many school and state records. He gets so good that he is able to try out to be a 5000 meter olympian. Louie makes it to the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936. Unfortunately, his running career suddenly ends as World War Two begins. Louie enlists in the air corps, and he becomes a bombardier. He and his crew bond through training and battles and going to an island where his crewmates help him keep up his training by driving next to him in a car to keep

Louie from childhood to adulthood has a lot of internal and external conflicts and internal conflicts, ever since he was young he was a “marked boy”(Hillenbrand 9). He never felt like he fit in. He, like his parents spoke italian which made him an easy target for bullies.

The book “Unbroken ” by Laura Hillenbrand, shows Louie’s two character traits, tenacious, and fractious, these are the best 2 words to define Louie. The word tenacious means to be determined. As you can tell the quotes are showing him being determined in different ways. The word fractious means to be difficult to control. So here again this word reflects in all of the quotes. As you can see tenacious and fractious are the best words to describe

Louie believed in himself which drawed him to fight even harder for the things he wanted. This demonstrates a warrior because he believed that he could do something and he fought for it.

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.

The art of survival is something that is not easily learned. For some, however, it is something that comes from a natural desire to be defiant and rebellious. In the novel Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand, protagonist Louie Zamperini fights for survival through a number of trials that are presented to him. His life takes him from being a troubled child, to an Olympic runner, to a bomber lost at sea, to POW in some of the worst camps Japan could conjure. Louie not only survives these trials, he stands up and goes directly against the normality and ease of submission and faces his adversity head on. Throughout the novel, Louie shows that his ability to survive stems from his natural urge to rebel and defy anything that he deems too controlling in his life.

“Restoring At-Risk Communities,” written by John M. Perkins is a collaborative work of urban professionals in ministry, providing a blueprint for working in urban communities. It provides the personal expertise of so many to help fellow missionaries and those in ministry to develop a Christian community. In today’s culture, many of our cities are falling apart due to poverty, lack of education, lack of religion, and large amounts of people leaving for the suburbs. People who are being called to minister in the downtowns, or those who are already suffering in the trenches are struggling with how to reach the community for Christ. Perkins shares his personal experience of being on the frontlines of ministry, and the appropriate strategy to reaching those communities. He writes, “The desperate problems in America’s inner cities will not be resolved without strong commitment and risky action on the part of ordinary Christians with heroic faith” (Perkins, 1995).

During the story the author often uses foreshadowing to give hints to the reader of things that will happen in the future. When the story starts, a storm is coming on a late October night. The storm symbolizes the evil approaching the town. Usually it seems a storm would resemble something dark and evil, because a stormy night is always a classic setting for something evil. At the

The fact that the clouds are passing by and opening can represent two things. The first is that it can be a symbol of General Wolfe, and as the clouds pass over head, his soul will similarly pass over and die. Second is that the passing clouds can be viewed as a sign of hope that the battle is now over and people can live peacefully. One other piece of symbolism is the flag behind General Wolfe, which serves as a directional force. Since it is pointed at both General Wolfe and the sky, it signifies the fact that Wolfe’s soul will go up onto Heaven.

Health promotion utilises theories and models to guide practice. A theory is the general principles of a framework of ideas in regards to a particular topic. (Merriam-webster.com, 2016) A model is a set plan of action based on theoretical ideas to achieve a set goal. (Merriam-webster.com, 2016)

    As the storm intensifies so does the physical relationship between these twomarried people.  The incessant lightening is the nagging desire between this man and woman.  As the storm begins to fade and the thunder to growl from a distance, these two lovers are reminded of their forbidden love (668).  The  glistening green  of the world is the happiness of a fulfilled and closed relationship that allows life to continue (668).

When you type drugs into Google, you get first, a website that tells about all the different types of drugs someone could want. Second, you get articles about how drugs are messing with everyday life. Today’s culture, people like to joke about the topic of drugs like it’s no big deal, but in reality, drugs continuously keep being a problem for Americans and keep growing into a bigger one. It is disgusting to see how many drugs are ruining so many people’s lives and making America gross while doing it. It makes one wonder, what would America be like with fewer drugs? If there were fewer drugs in America, the crime rate would decrease, there would be fewer deaths and people would live happier healthier lives. With better education on drugs, the crime rate would decrease making America better.

Line 12 says “We passed the setting sun.” While literally a sunset means the end of a day, it figuratively represents the end of the main character’s

The Amazon rainforest has been in existence for approximately fifty five million years. The climate that followed the extinction of the dinosaurs allowed the forest to spread all over the continent. In addition, the climate changes that have occurred in the past thirty four million years have allowed the savanna type biome to spread into the forest. The rainforest was, at first, believed to be inhospitable for human life since it's soil was considered poor. However, humans started to live in the forest about 11,200 years ago. The forest is home of many dangerous animals such as jaguars and anacondas. Not only that, but it is one of the biomes with more species diversity. Deforestation was not an issue before 1960. Access to the rainforest was