The Famous Words And Title Of Louis Zamperinis ' Autobiography

Salvatore Lucania was born on November 24, 1897 in Sicily, Italy; almost ten years later, he began a new life of crime and prosperity in New York City’s lower east side. Upon arrival, he could not speak english; he bullied the other kids into paying him for protection and participated in drug dealing. One day, Lucania was abducted, beaten, stabbed, and left for dead; miraculously, he survived. This rather fortunate recovery led him to become known as Lucky Luciano (“Lucky Luciano Biography.com.” Edited by Biography.com, The Biography.Com website, A&E Television Networks, 17 June 2015, www.biography.com/people/lucky-luciano -9388350). In 1916, he became the leader of the Five Points Gang and continued to make a name for himself. During these early years, Luciano was in and out of jail-- mostly for getting caught dealing drugs.

After reading the biography of Louie Zamperini’s life by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie’s leadership led him through many obstacles. Being the leader Louie is he conquered insurmountable odds without breaking, proving to audiences that an ordinary man can transform into the hero of his own life

There comes a time in life when perseverance shows one’s true potential. The story“Unbroken” written by Laura Hillenbrand shows legendary runner Louie Zamperini and showed how he truly represented that. Throughout this story it displays what the true meaning of perseverance; whether, it’s something as little as staying committed to track or fighting in World War Two and trying to fight for life even if there seems like there’s nothing to fight for. If someone is commited no matter the time or the difficulty that doesn’t just show perseverance, but it shows one’s true ability to fight for and try for something they want to accomplish.

The Story of Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of Louis “Louie” Zamperini and the many challenges he faced throughout his life and his will to survive. Unbroken was an incredible and inspirational read. The main theme of Unbroken is when faced with challenges the human need to survive and the resilience that is needed to survive is powerful. There are many examples of the theme in Louie’s story which Hillenbrand broke down into five different periods of Louie’s life.

After conquering horrific tragedies during World War Two, Louie Zamperini commented, “I didn’t know it then, but my persistence, perseverance, and unwillingness to accept defeat when things looked all but hopeless were part of the very character traits I would need to make it through World War II alive.” (Hillenbrand, FIGURE OUT IF AND WHERE IT IS IN THE BOOK.) In Laura Hillenbrand’s book Unbroken, he showed absolute determination to survive insurmountable obstacles. Throughout his life and everything he endured, he was determined he was going to make it through. In fact, Louie decided he would be whatever he put his mind to. If he was going to run, then by golly he was going to run, and if he wanted to make it out of a POW camp, then

Louie Zamperini had a very tragic and interesting life. He was a runner for the Olympics. He won many wristwatches from his competitions. After reading about Louie Zamperini in Unbroken, I believe that the author, Lauren Hillenbrand, lucidly defined Louie as resourceful and determined.

Imagine what it would take to one day be competing as an Olympic athlete, soon after find yourself stranded on a life raft for forty-seven days, only to be captured as a prisoner of war (POW) for the next twenty-five months. This is exactly what Louis Zamperini did and he lived through it all too be a visionary and ethical leader until the day he died. In this paper I will explain how through all ups and downs of Zamperini’s life he used the elements of adaptability and transactional leadership behavior of contingent rewards. I will also explain how he was an ethical leader by showcasing his resiliency and how his actions fit into the Air Force Core Value of service before self. I will also explain Zamperini’s actions relate to a few instances of me showing similar traits in my actions. First I will explain how Zamperini acted as a visionary leader.

The Great Louie Zamperini’s Journey What would you do if you were stuck on a punctured life raft for forty-seven days with two other men with shriveled up skin due to the sun, with a grumbling, vacant stomach in the middle of the Pacific ocean after a miserable plane crash? Well, before this all happened to Louie Zamperini, he was a troublemaker as a young boy and turned into an astonishing Olympic runner. Nobody would have ever thought a troubled boy from a small town of Torrance would end up at a Prison camp after multiple depressing days on a life raft. You will see appearances of the novel Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand.

In Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie Zamperini is merciful and determined. Louie is merciful by forgiving people even though they have done really bad to him or more than just him. He is determined because he was so focused, in running, that he has made it to the big leagues, the Olympics. Louie Zamperini, troublemaker, American bomber, cast away, WW2 American prisoner, and American

Louie Zamperini’s Survival In The Camps Prisoners of war (POWs) can feel invisible by the captors. Louie’s experiences are like no other. As a troubled child Louie brawled with others and was thought to be feebleminded. His brother Pete saw potential in Louie, and made him into a star athlete.

According to the great retired olympian track athlete Gail Devers, “Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can’t stay down. We can’t allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn’t think we could be that strong.” In Unbroken, a biography written by Laura Hillenbrand, Louis Zamperini illustrates Devers’ words with his resilience, springing back after his World War II bomber crashed and enemy forces captured him. In the end Louis’ ability to make due with every hellish situation life threw at him that influenced Hillenbrand’s aspired survival story.

Famous American author and political activist Helen Keller once said, “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” In the biography Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, Louis lives these words by showing his courage when he was stranded at sea and harshly treated in a POW camp. Along with two other men, he survived a dangerous WWII plane crash and managed to survive on a small life raft for many weeks. Throughout his ordeal, Louis managed to keep his head and stay strong.

In The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Santiago wanted to give up but had encouragement to keep going, throughout his journey he had many people around him telling him to continue and to fight so he can complete his personal legend, Fatima was his true

Mr. Kamkwamba and I have some of the same characteristics. One of these characteristics being that we do not give up. You can tell that Mr. Kamkwamba doesn’t back down as a result of people laughing at him for inspecting pieces in the junkyard, he saw the bigger picture and he knew they wouldn’t make fun of him anymore once they saw it too. I have been given frequent opportunities where I could have given up,although I have decided not to. Once I was falling far behind in school, but after having a long talk with my grandmother, I realized that it was not the best thing for me to do, I consequently started to improve my grades and learning more. Mr. Kamkwamba also shows signs of enduring when he helped his father maintain their garden despite

Keller’s main message in her autobiography is that you can persevere through anything in life, “Helen Keller has shown the world that one can achieve anything in their lifetime.” ( , Pg. 210)