Summary Of ' A Unbroken ' By Laura Hildebrand

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.

Hillenbrand and the author of the text about Mine’ Okubo explain how perseverance and resilience are essential for surviving difficult times. Throughout both texts, the authors use several methods to develop this central idea.

Well-known nonfiction author Laura Hillenbrand, in her best-selling biography, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, describes the chilling reality faced by those living in Japanese prisoner-of-war camps. As the title suggests, this is not the typical World War II tale of hardship that ends in liberation; rather, it follows the main character, Louis “Louie” Zamperini, through his childhood, Olympic performances, and military career leading up to his captivity, as well as his later marriage and many years of healing. Hillenbrand's purpose is to impress upon her readers the scale of this tragedy as well as remind them of the horror that so many nameless soldiers endured. She adopts an emotional yet straightforward tone in order to get readers to sympathize with the characters and truly understand what they went through. To do so, she manages to make the unique story of one man represent the thousands of others going through the same tragedy.

In Hillenbrand’s novel Unbroken, Louie is put through many different challenges, including nearly being eaten by a shark, having to survive on a deteriorating raft in the middle of the ocean, and being imprisoned by the Japanese. As a boy, Louie was rebellious, resourceful, a skilled thief, nearly impossible to discourage, and a troublemaker. As a boy, these were undesirable traits, but it was also these traits that would keep him alive in the trials he would face. This article will demonstrate the agency and resilience of Louie, as well as how they helped him in the war.

The American industrialist Henry Ford once said, “ Life is a series of experiences, each of which makes of bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character , and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.” In Laura Hillenbrand’s nonfiction book Unbroken, the fearless Louis Zamperini epitomized Ford’s words when, he survived imprisonment for over 2 years only after his World War II bomber crashed into the middle of the Pacific . Thankfully Louie’s fearlessness helped him return home and share his story with the world.

Louie’s athletic career definitely prepared him for what he would encounter in the war. Through his extensive training and unprecedented success, Louis gained a wide variety of traits and abilities that can be predicted to be essential for him as he faces the challenges of war. One obvious and major way that his athletic career prepared him for the war was by increasing his physical ability. In the novel, Louie is a long-distance runner in the 1936 Olympics, in which he placed eighth (Hillenbrand 35). Through his all encompassing physical training, Louie became extremely competent in physical endurance and strength. As it can easily be assumed, having good endurance can prove to be life-saving in war, especially in Louie was ever in a situation

During the second World War, an olympic record holder, Louie Zamperini, was one of the few men that got shot down into the ocean and was stranded for 47 days on a lonely, little raft. The great American hero we all have heard of didn’t start out like you would have thought. He was a young scoundrel who was influenced by his brother to run for something better than away from is problems. After years of running and going to the German Olympics to set the best lap run in the 5,000 meters, Louie had gone into the Air Force and had gotten into trouble at a Japanese POW camp after a crash. The book Unbroken, written by Laura Hillenbrand, expresses Louie’s life exceptionally well, especially

The French emperor and arguably one of the best military tacticians Napoleon Bonaparte once said, ‘’Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.’’ In the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie goes through trouble and fame as his life progresses from being a small town boy to a famous athlete and competing in the Olympics. Later, Louie joins the military when the Axis powers Germany and Japan declared war on the United States. This results in Louie’s Bomber crashing and him being both stranded in the Pacific Ocean and captured by the Japanese, where he must endure torture as a POW. Miraculously, Louie survives in these camps

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.

Rose claims that when people discussed the war they choose to focus on stories that helped the population feel good, rather than talking about the horrors of the war. World War II seemed to generate higher levels of patriotism than ever before seen. Rose hopes to give true honor to the Americans of this generation in his book. Not by elaborating on their contributions, but by trying to paint a picture of what life was like while America was at war. Rose chose to rely on first-hand accounts of the men and women who actually experienced the war. He does this to give them credit, but also to show that the so-called Greatest Generation was not without its own problems and flaws. He shows that they were just another regular generation who lived through tough times that tested their character and will power.

When Louie first enlisted in the war, he was terrified of heights, but wanted to fly a plane. He had to overcome his fear to accomplish being able to fly. When Louie and his crew were flying their bomber named Superman, it was hit by enemy fire. Many of the crew members inside were injured, Louie did everything to try help them survive. Shortly after the attack, Louie’s plane crashed into the ocean. Three of the crewmen who were on the plane, including Louie, were the only ones who survived. 46 days passed, the men fought vigorously for their lives, with no food or water. With the willpower of trying to survive, they also had to survive the sharks and the Japanese bombers. When Louie finally reached land, he was nowhere near alive or healthy. After finding land, Louie was held as a POW never knowing if he was going to live to see the next day. “It was a secret interrogation center called Otuna, where “high value” captured men were housed in solitary confinement, starved, tormented, and tortured” (Hillebrand 198). He was dehumanized and constantly made fun of. Louie had to use his survival skills to continue on to be able to survive being a POW. “Confident that he was so clever, resourceful, and bold enough to escape any predicament, Louie was almost incapable of discouragement. When history carried him into war, this resilient optimism would define him” (Hillenbrand 7). Despite the challenges

Survival of the Resilient American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was quoted as saying, “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on” (Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes). In the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand a boy named Louie Zamperini goes to the Olympics for the 5k. His life soon changes though when Japan attacks pearl harbor. Louie is drafted into the air corps. His plane goes down in the pacific and he is captured by the Japanese and becomes a POW.

World War II is an important key point in history that addresses to young adolescents. The novel, T4 is based on a true story, in which the author, Ann Clare LeZotte is portraying a novel that is based on the theme of survival. It appears to be that the author’s argument in writing this novel is to simply maintain awareness of the past. Generally speaking, a story about survival is a difficult genre for young readers, “The majority of war stories for children are about World War II and the Holocaust.” (Huck 482) The reason war stories are mainly about World War II and the Holocaust is because it was the most recent, largest, and horrifying war during the twentieth century in Europe. Our textbook also states that these historical novels help children experience the past. Meaning, that it is important for a child to learn about the past including all the wars, conflicts, sufferings, and great happiness that had occurred so they can apply that to the present and to the future.

The issue presented in the book, Reawakened by Colleen Houck connects with the article, What Mythology Reveals about the Mind by John A. Johnson because they share the same opinion on believing in mythology. Mythology is a collection of stories about a person or situation that are usually religious. People think that myths are not true since they are a narrative story, but Dr. Hassan explains to Lilliana that having a religious faith in it is just a “willingness to believe” that the story is true (Houck 252). This relates to Johnson’s article because it describes how believing in mythology will allow people to understand the world, even though the story is false. They let people “make sense of [their] perceptions” and find out why things are

Although the twisted outcome of the victory from WWII is adapted from, the point brought across is that any historical event could have went either way and each way brings a totally different outcome. The idea of ungratefulness and forgetfulness in humanity is something very visible yet not paid much attention towards. Through this Dick wants readers to mentally comprehend that the past is something that clings onto the future and affects it in many different ways, big or small. The presence of every single individual plays a crucial role in these moments and most importantly their actions, good or bad, as Dick’s characters determine