Unbroken Book Report

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.

Michael J. Fox said, “One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized, and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.” In Laura Hillenbrand’s novel Unbroken, the author tells the story of the main character Louie’s life. Growing up, Louie always had a strong mind. He became a well known track star and with the pressure of running, he never gives up what he was passionate about. Louie Zamperini suffers through a difficult time as a POW, yet he is able to gain back his dignity by having stubborn optimism and a tenacious will to survive.

Everyone encounters obstacles in life that they feel like they can't overcome. People that have 'resilience' can take these challenges head on, stay calm in any situation, and use their problem-solving skills to take advantage of the situation and get themselves out of it. In a section of "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand, a biography of war hero Louie Zamperini, Zamperini is adrift at sea after his bomber crashed in the ocean. He is left with just the remains of the plane and two others, Phil and Mac. Louie Zamperini's key characteristics of resilience and the differences between all three men allow them to overcome adversity, and Louie and Phil make it out alive.

Laura Hillenbrand’s biography titled Unbroken recounts the life of Louie Zamperini and major events that occurred throughout it. Hillenbrand’s purpose was to emphasize the inspirational story of heroic Zamperini as he qualified and participated in the Olympics, as well as describe the endless struggle of pain in the plane crash and in the Japanese POW camps. She also portrays the importance of dignity and resilience and how without it, the chances of surviving the cruel events Louie experienced during World War II would have been minimal.

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

With Louie’s unusual personality, his troublesome ways, and his athletic ability. Louie was always the center attention. When Louie was captured and threw into internment camps, he gradually lost his unusual personality and his way of visibility. Like many POW’s, Louie Zamperini, experienced the efforts to make them and other POWs invisible. During World War II, Louie was dehumanized by being beaten and humiliated by the guards at his internment camps. The guards grew angry and took everything out on the prisoners. Hillenbrand writes in Unbroken, “ Nearly every day, they flew into rage that usually ended with Phil and Louie being spat upon and bombarded with rocks and cigarettes” (140). Louie got daily rounds of spit on, rice was thrown at them and handfuls of rocks and cigarettes mauled at them. Louie was just not dehumanized by getting beaten and humiliated, he was also dehumanized by being isolated from the outer world. Phil and Louie were blindfolded on the Japanese ship and was shoved into a cell. “Louie’s back struck a wall and he fell to a floor. That wasn’t Zamperini's worst nightmare, it was Mutsuhiro Watanabe, also named The Bird. Louie was deathly scared of the Bird .Someone yanked off his blindfold. A door slammed, a lock turned.”(Hillenbrand 134). Louie is forced into a cell by Japanese guards. He was all alone and cut off from Mac and the outside world. Even when Louie and other POWs

ouie Zamperini’s life Story There are many books about war and one of them that is outstanding is Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand which has a person named Louie Zamperini . Louie has been treated poorly when him and others prisoners were captured by the Japanese because the Japanese see them as threats to their country because they are in war with America so they don't see them as people but enemies and then they are dehumanized . Louie Zamperini was born January 26th 1917, in Olean new york to Louise Dossi and Anthony Zamperini. Louie was a young boy he was naughty he use to steal smoke and drink but that all changed thanks to his brother helped Louie by him finding something he would enjoy doing instead of going crime and fighting Louie found what he liked to do and what he

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

Despite everything that Louie endured at the camp for prisoners of war (POWs), he was alive, he was always moving forward and the main thing - he stayed strong. Once, the chief of the camp the Bird forced Louie “to lift it (wooden beam) high and hold it directly over his head” (p.301). For Zamperini it was more than hard but he did it. “He felt his consciousness slipping, his mind losing adhesion, until all he knew was a simple thought: “He cannot break me”.

Your childhood is a huge factor of who you will be when you grow up. If you have a rough home life as a kid chances are you will grow up to be different than an over privileged child. But at the same time anybody; if they're willing to put in the work; can be whoever they want to be. This is why adolescence and the changes that come with it are positive. Adolescence is a huge part of life and it should be viewed as such.

The American writer of Happiness for Beginners once wrote, “Bravery can only come from having something to be brave about.” Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand’s goes into depth showing Louis Zamperini's bravery, showing he kept his braveness even though his life on his 47 day drift at sea. This character trait is an amazing trait to have in his certain situation and life struggle. With his trait can help the others that he is with and keep their hope for survival. In his youth Louie committed to be a courageous type of mischief: “Louie climbed the steeple of a Baptist church, rigged the bell with piano wire, strung the wire to a nearby tree, and roused the police, the fire department, and all of Torrance”(7).

Louis Zamperini displayed many Examples of resilience during his time at sea, and during his time in the Japanese POW camps. While at sea Zamperini and his colleagues needed to invent ways to stay sane, and alive which shows incredible creativity. At sea Zamperini displayed humor in his creative ways of coming up with meals for the men who were stranded with him. Despite being locked up and unable to control his surroundings Zamperini still managed to stay independent from The Bird and remain positive. Through his initiative Zamperini managed to send a note home to his parents through a forced japanese propaganda broadcast. Zamperini displayed morality later in his life when he forgave the japanese guards for what they had done to him. Zamperini

Every human being on the planet has a limit. Whether it be mentally, physically or emotionally, people all have a breaking a point, a place where the line must be drawn. This is a simple fact that all humans know, an instinctive knowledge that lives in the bones of humanity. But when people witness others enduring situations that would crush most people underfoot, the dirt, grit and struggle that these heroes crawl through to stay alive, it amazes everyone. That is why it is easy to understand how anyone might admire Louie Zamperini. A child rebel as stubborn as a bull turned into a war hero who survived what no one else could even fathom- Louie Zamperini is far from a weak man as described in “Unbroken”, written by Laura Hillenbrand. But there was

Louis Zamperini was a man with a pretty unique story. Laura Hillenbrand, author of Seabiscuit, decided it needed to be transformed into a book. In doing so, Hillenbrand brilliantly captures the trials and tribulations of American soldiers during World War II. Her 7 time award winning novel, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, not only gives us a detailed perspective of Zamperini’s life, but also a look into what hardships World War II soldiers, particular airmen, faced on a daily basis. These hardships include not only the horrors of battle, but deaths and injuries caused by simple machinery malfunctions, the severe abuse suffered in prisoner of war camps, and the nightmares, anger, and stress still felt years after the war had ended.

In the novel Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie Zamperini serves as a bombardier in World War II. Louie ends up crashing one of his planes and is forced to face the brutal struggles of the ocean. Finding a Japanese island after 47 days of being stranded, Louie becomes a prisoner of war of the Japanese. He is beaten, starved, and worked nearly to death, while learning how to survive anything that is thrown at him. He becomes resilient which is what leads him to survive. By describing every life or death situation Louie Zamperini has to practice resilience in, Hillenbrand shows how adapting to his circumstances is the key to his survival throughout, and after the war.