Unbroken: A Brief Biography

On January 26th, 1917, Louie Zamperini was born to an immigrant Italian family that lived in New York. His family consisted of his mom (Louise), dad (Anthony), brother (Pete), and his two sisters (Sylvia and Virginia). In 1919 they decided to move to California and his father got a job as a railway electrician. As Louie got older he became more and more of a troublemaker. He would steal almost anything from the town. In the 1930’s eugenics started to take off in America. Louie realized that if he didn’t shape up his act, people would start targeting him. After Louie gets in trouble for sneaking kids into a basketball game, Pete convinces him to join track. This is when Louie starts outrunning what’s after him… literally.

During a bomb raid Louie and his crewmates were in Super Man, their assigned plane when Japanese fighting planes called Zeros, were all around them and attacking them. “Louie had his aim, and the first bombs dropped, spun down, and struck their targets.” Even with the chaos of the zeros Louie was determined to make it out alive and finish the mission. Zeros managed to strike and gravely wound Super Man and some of Louie’s crewmates. Louie and the remaining crewmates were assigned to a new plane, Green Hornet and a new squadron which included six new men, which included Sergeant Francis McNamara who went by Mac.

In the biography, Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, a young boy named Louis Zamperini’s life revolved around running and training for the Olympics. Running had a huge impact on his life and ended up changing how he would act. In his early days, Louis was an irresponsible and rebellious kid. Running would later force him to buckle down and focus on running and training. Many people influenced Louis, but only one made the biggest impact on his life. That person is Pete Zamperini, Louis’ older brother.

Unbroken is a non-fiction book that tells the life story of Louie Zamperini, an Italian from Torrance, California. As a boy, Louie is the town troublemaker until his older brother, Pete, decides it’s time to guide him in the right direction. To do this, Pete makes Louie go out for the track team and personally coaches him. Throughout the years, Louie wins more and more races and eventually qualifies for the Olympics. However, they were unfortunately canceled and Louie signed up for the military as a member of the Air Corps. One day, his air team was assigned a rescue mission. When they were out over the water, their plane wrecked with only three survivors: Louie, Mac, and Phil. After many days, they eventually made it to shore with only Louie and Phil still alive. However, the land they made it to was the enemy’s land, and they immediately became prisoners. They were later transferred to separate camps where they each were tortured in many ways. When the war ended, they were released from the camps and sent back home. Louie devoted the rest of his life to God, and came to understand the importance of religion. The purpose of Unbroken is to show how important faith is and that it affects everyone. Also, it shows how much a person’s faith can change and benefit their life. The author wrote this

Louis Zamperini, the main character of Laura Hillenbrand’s biography Unbroken, led a promising running career in his life prior to his military service and captivity. In 1931, Louis was encouraged to join the Torrance High School track team by his older brother, Pete. Running came easily to Louis, and became a force to be reckoned with rapidly in the racing world, dropping his mile time to just under five minutes by 1933. He gave some of the fastest men in the country a scare at the 1936 Olympic Trials when he nearly beat Don Lash, America’s fastest runner of the 5,000 meter race, and proceeded to compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Aside from the resounding fame that his running career provided him, it also instilled discipline, dedication, and astounding willpower that followed him through his life.

In the biography Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, a troubled adolescent boy named Louis Zamperini revolves his life around his running career. Starting at such a young age, running had many impacts on Louie’s life. The high demand of training kept Louie distracted from making unintelligent choices he had previously been making. Running changed the young teenager he was and the man he was going to become.

After finishing this memoir, there is no denying that the main character, Augusten Burroughs, has a problem. From a very young age his alcoholic tendencies (coupled with other drug use) have caused hardships for both himself and those around him. As he aged, so his alcoholism increased. In Dry: A memoir we get to see Augusten’s challenging journey from a life revolving around alcohol to sobriety. As previously mentioned, it is undeniable that Augusten did have a problem. But, does this automatically mean he is clinically diagnosable with an alcohol related disorder? Unfortunately, in this case, the answer is yes. Augusten Burroughs is not only diagnosable for clinical substance dependence, but could be considered the poster child of the

In chapter eight of Unbroken, the narrator follows the description of Super Man’s bombing of Wake by describing the dangers of war, specifically in the American Air Corps. After describing multiple instances of Louie’s friends who have died in combat and the very real risks that are associated with flying in combat, the narrator follows with this quote, emphasizing how unlikely rescue at sea was. Although “the military was dedicated to finding crash and ditching survivors” (90), “the improbability of rescue, coupled with the soaring rate of accidental crashes, created a terrible equation” (91). This quote, and much of this chapter, is a foreshadowing of the events that occur with Phil, Louie, and the rest of the crew of the Green Hornet. By

Lamont Thomas had only been running for a couple of weeks when people started calling him “The Running Man”. He runs every day logging 84 miles a week, which is a lot, but when considering dedicated daily runners this is nothing exceptional. When he runs, Lamont attracts a lot of attention. His friends joke this because “He’s running so fast it looks like he stole something.” But it isn’t Lamont’s speed that sets him apart from the other runners around town. Rather it’s his truly inspirational spirit, positive attitude for life, and taking on any challenges it might throw at you.

Louie was heartbroken, he felt like he couldn't physically match his older competition In the Olympic trials he thought he was simply just too young despite his feelings he held his head high and took his older brother pete advice about attending the Compton open. “He had only two weeks to train for Compton and, with the Olympic trials in July, two months to become America's youngest elite 5,000-meter man. But he had nothing to lose. He trained so hard that he rubbed the skin right off one of his toes, Leaving his sock bloody”(23) This quotes rationalizes Louie's optimism by expressing his determination to better himself for the future because although he had olympic trials in two months he wanted to attend the Compton Open which he was named the fastest 5,000 meter run In america in 1936 despite louie only having two weeks to train for. After Louie's successful run In the Compton Open he struck gold at the olympic trials and got In the 1936 olympics achieving his challenging goal with flying

When I was a little girl, my father and I used to bond over long rides on country roads. During one of these trips, we ventured too far into unknown territory and became lost and boxed in by a narrow road with trees on one side and a fence on the other. By the time he managed to turn the car around, my dad saw that he must have pushed against the fence, which now hung back partly trampled.

My friend Melanie and I head to a Halloween store with her parents after long and boring day at school. We look around near the creepy masks and face paint. I grab a can of pink fake hair color, taking off the lid once Melanie turns around walking down the aisle. I spray some in her blonde hair then quickly hide the can behind my back. She gasped, “What did you do?” She said following me as I ran to the other side of the store. I look behind me to see that she has stopped running and is now looking at her hair in a mirror mounted on the wall. She picks up a few strands of hair and I see her face go red with anger.

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