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Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is a historical biography about the life of Louie Zamperini. Louie began as a delinquent and soon became a track star. Heading into the battlefield, Louie Zamperini became a bombardier. On a search-and-rescue mission, Louie’s B-24 crash landed into the ocean. He became a castaway with two other crew members. Louie was captured by the Japanese and sent to a POW camp. After two years, Louie was reunited with his family. During his childhood, Louie was troublesome turning into a resilient individual during the war, then developing into a forgiving person after the war.

People were mistreated during WWII and were tortured in POW camps. Louie Zamperini, a character and a real person from the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, was in the army during WWII and had to go through the torture of being a prisoner at a camp in Japan. In the book Unbroken, Louie was going to be a famous Olympic runner until the Olympics were cut short when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and caused World War II to start. Louie drafted in the air force and crashed on a mission; he had to live on a raft for 47 days without any food or water. He was washed ashore on a Japanese island and became a prisoner of war. He then had to go through many painful experiences until the war ended September 2nd, 1945. Internees also had to go through harsh times during the war. Both POWs

What would you have done if you were stranded on a raft with two other men for 44 days with provisions to last less than 3 days? This is one of the easiest things Louie Zamperini had to endure in “Unbroken”, by Laura Hillenbrand. The most important thing to be learned from the life of Louis Zamperini is to never crack under pressure, because of his survival on a raft, how he withstood the cruelty of the bird, and how he survived through the torture of Japanese POW camps.

War is a state of armed conflict between different nations, states or groups (War).No one can think of a time when the United States has not been in a war because this nation is constantly fighting. The element of war is seen throughout the novel Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, it is seen throughout the movie as well. In Unbroken whenever planes went missing there were search planes to look for those them. In some unfortunate cases, “Search planes appear to have been more likely to go down themselves than find the men they were looking for” (Hillenbrand 91). During this time of war in the novel, if some of the

Robert H. Schuller once stated, “Tough times don’t last, but tough people do.” In the novel Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie struggles with fitting in anywhere and staying out of trouble. He was constantly doing things to cause trouble and making mistakes. Pete, Louie’s brother pushes him to run to escape his troubles. Throughout Zamperini’s life, he gains perseverance which gave him the ability to survive through life.

Hooked on SUP is a renowned stand up paddle boarding and kayaking business dedicated to giving customers a newfound love for the water and all the natural wonders it encompasses. Hooked on SUP offers many classes that not only show customers the basics of stand up paddle boarding or kayaking, but also gives them the once in a lifetime opportunity to interact with sea life in its natural habitat. Based in Englewood, Florida, Hooked on SUP is conveniently located an hour or less from frequent tourist destinations such as Boca Grande, Stump Pass State Park, Palm Island, Cape Haze, Don Pedro State Park and other neighboring communities.

“If I knew about the things I was going to endure before I was captured, I would kill myself.” (Louie Zamperini). The biography Unbroken was written by Laura Hillenbrand was told about the famous Olympic athlete and World War Two POW Louie Zamperini. Louie was held in a number of POW camps across the Pacific and witnessed the true horrors of the Japanese guards who enforced the inhumane standards throughout these camps. Louie shared his experiences about the endeavor and became an icon back in the United States, but was still unraveled from his time in the camps and his captors. POW camps were the areas of holding prisoners who had been captured and the POWs were supposed to be protected by the Geneva Convention about quality of life and labor, but the Japanese thought otherwise of the quality of life POWs should have while apprehended.

There are many great books nationwide, but some get banned or restricted on who can you read them. “Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.” happens to be one of the many books that get banned from many schools districts. A parent named ‘Martin Roger’ wants the book banned from San Diego County from the schools because it's “pornographic”. San Diego Superintendent understands where he’s coming from but the book “Always Running” is protected by the first amendment. The book is banned from elementary schools, because one parent opposes for their child not to read this particular book, doesn’t mean all the children in the district don’t have the right to read it.

Nowadays, phones have been glued to our hands. But how many people would be attracted to their phones if they know they are being tracked? Over the recent years as technology began to grow phones has been a big success. People are making calls, sending text messages, accessing the Internet , and sharing personal data.It doesn't matter whether your phone is a smartphone or whether you use it to make calls; as long as your phone is turned on, it registers its location with cell phone networks several times a minute, and all U.S. cell phone companies hold on to that data, some of them for years.

Without any rules or laws in a society, humans cannot be controlled or changed, similar to cavemen in a caveman’s world. “You can’t change human nature without first changing laws”-Nurse Greta. Once people in the society change a law, the human nature will emerge and change to meet that law's requirements. Most people in a society will follow a law that has been set into place, therefore possibly change their human nature in a positive way. Similarly, in the novel, Unwind, by Neal Shusterman, the society created new laws about pro-life and pro-choice for the people, in which, abortion becomes abolished and unwinding came in pursuit.

The Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal once said, “I was always lucky in my bad luck”. The luck Louie had in the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand connects with Hrabal’s quote when Louie and his two friends Mac and Phil survive a brutal plane crash during World War II, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The crew must survive if they want to see their families and friends. With some luck will Louie help these men be reunited with their old lives?

Technology has consumed this generation to believe we need to rely on it. Although technology has helped us to save more lives than in previous decades. The technology that is affecting us are the ones with screens. These devices are useful for entertainment, news, communication, and to learn. They are powerful devices that can change someone's life in both a negative and positive effect. It can be easily obtained and used by anyone at anytime if accessible. Looking at screens are a waste of time.

Vertical blocks of text that flow from top to bottom over to the block is called a column. These columns are very common in everyday life. Newspapers, magazine articles, and textbooks are common places they are used in. I believe that columns provide text that is easy to read and comprehend. Short line length makes it easy on my eyes to track from one line to another. It is also easier to find your place again after looking away.

A kind of “toggle switch” controls whether the leopard brain or the learning brain is currently in charge this toggle the reticular activating system (RAS) is located in the area beginning in the upper brain stem and continuing into the lower reaches of cerebral cortex RAS switching appears to occur at one of two times: when we become emotionally charged up or when we relax when we become emotionally charged as in the fight-or-flight response the RAS shuts down the cerebral cortex or learning brain for all practical purpose when the cortex is shut down we proceed on “automatic pilot” where instinct and training takes over when the limbic system or leopard brain is shutdown as a result of general body relaxation and removal of the threats the

The reason why I am turning my Leave Chit in so late is that I thought I had more time seeing as I am not taking leave until the end of Holiday Stand Down. The Yeoman who gave the Leave Request sheet even said so, I chose to believe her as I was fresh out of Indoctrination and was still quite confused by the whole process. At first I was not sure if I wanted to take leave at all only because I knew I couldn't afford to go home for the holidays. I also chose not to go home for the fact that I could get stuck there due to snow or other hazardous weather. It didn't dawn on me until later one during the week that I decided I would like to get more familiar with the community and what a better way than to go ahead and explore it during New Year's.