Louis In Unbroken

Louie Zamperini is the type of person that has been through a lot of pain and happiness, making Louie much more complex of a person than most people. Louie is a person who started off as mischievous and then turned that into power for running, and won a lot races breaking records. He went to join the Air Force for the army, and then one day his plane crashed into the ocean and only him and 2 others survived the crash. He was next the found by the Japanese and was sent to a POW camp, and was a victim of many war crimes. The book “Unbroken ” by Laura Hillenbrand, shows Louie’s two character traits that most defines Louie are tenacious and fractious.

He is looked upon in a heroic way for fighting the justice system and showing courage, strength and ability to resist laws through making his own lifestyle, with separate beliefs, attitudes and values. He was a friend of the poor, kind to women and children, and an enemy of the rich. He was forced into crime by the harsh harassments of the authorities. He said to have died bravely against the more powerful forces of the law. He has grown to be an admired infamous figure for the way he stood up to authority and his larrikin ways.

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.

Louis Armstrong was a hero for countless African- Americans because he provided them the hope that they can be noticeable people in their society and that separation did not have to exist in music. Louis Armstrong was the first great trumpet soloist in jazz. His unmistakable trumpet and vocals allowed him to continue doing what he loved most, making people happy. Louis Armstrong was loved by many people.

He was a child with a glum future. Him being in track and running, let him know what he was capable of doing. Louie built up self esteem through track. He left a mark on World record and NCAA record times. He was able to travel the world. Louie got to visit Germany, before the Third Reich reign. He traveled the pacific while on duty. Something most people did not get the chance. Even though he was risking his life while traveling. Louie got the privilege of being a torchbearer in the 1984 Olympics and 1998 Winter Olympics. Louie lived an incredible

Louie believed in himself which drawed him to fight even harder for the things he wanted. This demonstrates a warrior because he believed that he could do something and he fought for it.

Louis' war-time patriotism in a racially divided country made him a symbol of national unity and purpose. Twice he donated his winnings to the military relief funds. He advertised himself even more tot he American Public when he said the U.S. would win World War 2 " because we're on God's side". In front of 70,000 screaming fans at Yankee Stadium, Louis pulverized the Aryan figurehead, knocking him to the floor 3 times. Two years of waiting ended in a quick 124 second knockout of Scheming Due to that fight, Louis had crossed the line from champion to idol as Americans of all color and race celebrated frantically.

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.

Despite undertaking multiple ruthless, and gruesome hardships on his journey of survival, Louis remained fearless. During Louie’s earlier years he participated in delinquent behaviors such as drinking, smoking, and stealing at age eleven: “In a childhood of artful dodging, Louie made more than just mischief. He shaped who he would be in manhood” (7). Louie’s natural defiance of authority would be useful in

People can be considered heroes or non-heroes based on the characteristics they possess. In the book, Dust Lands: Blood Red Road by Moira Young, Saba can be displayed as a hero because of characteristics she displays such as courage and self-sacrificing, whereas the King has non-heroic characteristics of misusing power and controlling others and Miz Pinch also has non-hero characteristics of acting as a bully and putting herself before others.

“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” (Louis) In an interview with John Meroney, Louis Zamperini, at the age of 95, said this Mark Twain quote. For Louis to forgive those men must have been extremely hard to do.

What characteristics from Emerson’s "Heroism" are most necessary for defeating a monster like Grendel? Use the Option B Writing Organizer to collect your thoughts before writing.

It was four years ago on the 17th of December, everything seemed like a normal day. I was prepping for finals and eating snacks in the study room with friends when my neck and face turned bright pink and blotchy, and breathing became difficult for me. I remember I had a history final later that day, but was rushed down to the nurse’s office and ultimately had to reschedule that test. Since I had eaten a few different items, we were unable to determine what the real problem was. Two weeks later at volleyball practice, I sat on the side, pink, pale and unable to catch my breathe. My mom had decided that this was enough of not knowing, so she took me to get allergy tested. I sat there at Trinity waiting for a family friend to take vials of blood for the samples. They ultimately gave me a long list of things I was allergic to, and we compared that to what I had to eat the day I was at school studying for finals; and what I had eaten before practice, this was the day I found out I could no longer have any Reese’s trees, or any Reese’s eggs anymore, I am allergic to peanuts.

Louis cause great stress to the family by him following his own dreams. He was an outcast in his own house just because he wanted to be active in getting equal justice and rights for his kind. His job as an activist cause a financial strain on his family by Cecil constantly had to bail him out of jail. In the end, Louis was a pseduogenerative-agentic hero because if it was not for his bravely, he or his father would not have lived to see a black man being president, to see blacks able to sit and go as they please in establishment and school (Newman &Newman,

Martin Luther King Jr. once stated, “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” In other words, individuals make decisions based on the faith which can be beneficial or harmful to the future of the character. Also, must realize that their decision is made even when you can’t see your entire life ahead. In the novel Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe writes about historical events by adding characters such as the protagonist Okonkwo to lead the events in the book connected to history. According to Aristotle, a tragic hero is a character who must be worthy of our admiration and yet is in possession of a fatal flaw (hamartia causes his or her downfall or death). Aristotle is a well known Greek philosopher who once