Wyatt Zamperini Book Report

ZAPP The Lightning of EMPOWERMENT, by William C. Byham Ph.D. and Jeff Cox presents a story of different problems that managers/supervisors face and how they deal with the problems. The book shows how an autocratic supervisor would deal with a problem compared to a participative supervisor would handle the problems. The story shows the contrast between a supervisor that ZAPPS (empowers) her employees and a supervisor that SAPPS his employees by his interactions and management style with the employees.

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

Finally, her use of dialog in the second paragraph gives that part of the text a flashback and interview feel. It is show in ““Something went on inside of me,” he said later. “I don’t know what it was.”” and makes the reader believe that Louie later looks back at the time as important and as a turning point in his past. This also ties in human spirit always pushing through because from this point on Louie’s attitude changes to the Bird won’t beat me now or ever.

Throughout the beginning, he is faced with overwhelming problems, discrimination against himself and his family and also poverty. He was a shy kid who wasn’t defensive, until he got ganged up on and beaten down. Ever since that day passed he wasn’t the same he fought back and learned how to kick some ass and defend himself from others who tried to test his gangster and not. After that, no one wanted

When Louie was a young boy he was very mischievous and did a lot of bad things that he often got into trouble for. He would steal from families “If it was edible he stole it. He sulked down alleys, a role of lock picking wire in his pocket.” and get into fights with other kids (Hillenbrand 6). Until one day his older brother named Pete displayed the opportunity of becoming a track star for their school because he is always

One of many character traits for Louie is determined. A statement from the text is “In the 5,000, well over three miles, a final lap in less than 70 seconds was astounding. Louie had run his last lap in 56 seconds” (p. 36). This quote shows how Louie is determined because of how hard he worked and trained just to get close to first place and willingly to finish the last lap in 56 seconds. Another quote from the text is

In Unbroken, by Lauren Hillenbrand the setting plays a significant role. The story starts the childhood of a man named Louie. He grew up with his Italian family in Torrance, California during the 1920s and 30s. He was the middle child and was considered a troublemaker. Because of his behavior, his behavior, his older brother, Pete, made him try out for the track. His performance was amazing and as a result he was allowed to join the team. Everyday he was training with his brother. He won all of yhe local track meets and went on to run in the 1936 olympics in Germany. He ran the 5,000 meter race. Even though he finished in 7th place, he broke the world record for the fastest final lap with 56 seconds. Louie was determined to perform better in the 1940 olympics.

Although his family was very religious he didn’t have an amazing record. He would look up girls skirts at games, steal food and constantly disobey any rules he had. He attended Torrance High School, and didn’t have many friends. His brother Pete saw the trouble he would get in and his amazing running ability and had Louie try the track team. In 1932 Pete and Louie would compete against each other for a whole summer until the day that Louie beat his brothers record with a time of 4:21:2 minutes for the mile. He received a scholarship for the University of Southern California, and in 1936 he tried out for the Olympics. He was up against people who were silver medalist in the olympics before, but a heat wave hit Manhattan and much of the competition passed out from overheating. He tied against another american olympian Don Lash and qualified for the summer olympics of 1936 in Berlin, Germany,

Louie is an Olympic runner who was brought into war, and was never the same. Louie was a drunk and a criminal when he was 6. Eventually, he decided to change and became a track runner. After he was in the olympics, he went to war. In the novel, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie is Resourceful and rebellious.

The Buffalo Creek is in the Appalachians in West Virginia and this area was named buffalo Creek because the hunters were coming in this area to hunt the buffalo and as long as the hunters were killing the buffalo and there had no more the buffalo in this area. When the hunters realized that there had no more buffalos in that place and then the people start to build the houses in Buffalo Creek that is how the story of Buffalo Creek had began. The people of Buffalo were coal minors, and coal mining was their life, they didn’t have another job besides coal mining everybody in the Buffalo community never envies to go do another job, and also Buffalo Creek was reputed cause coal mine. They were depended for a living to coal miming, and

He was always positive and he wanted to get back to his family. There were times when he thought he wouldn’t make it, but when he figured things out, he was unstoppable. His decisions impacted him greatly. He went from being a runner to being an Army man. Before being in the army, he was greatly impacted by his older brother Pete. He taught Louie discipline and I think that played a huge role in Louie’s survival in the Army as well. Louie kept his head high and had his family who never gave up hope. Now that, is a great story to be told as examples of braveness, friendship, family, and

During World War II Japan held around 350,000 prisoners of war (POW’s) ;33% of the American POW’s had died while in captivity. Louie Zamperini was lucky enough to be part of the percentage that lived. The novel Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, is a story that goes on to tell the story of Louie’s life as a POW. He had to overcome the struggles the guards made him go through. During the war while Louie was a POW, he lost his true identity.

Louie the main character of this story starts out as delinquent. He robs, gets in fights all the time, and gets in trouble all the time. When he enters high school he figures he needs to change. In the beginning of high school he got

Meghan Chase starts her journey as a fairy princess to save her younger brother from the Iron King. Meghan is an ordinary girl, living with her step dad, mom , younger brother, and dog. She notices that her brother, Ethan is acting strange, and she's determined to find out what's wrong. He was possessed by a changeling, a faery child. Meghan has to save her brother, and in order to do that she has to go through faeryland to save him. She has to go through meeting people, battling people, falling in love with an evil prince, and worst of all, battling the Iron King to get him

McKinley is a 12 year old 6th grader enrolled at Eureka Middle School. She lives in Congerville with her mom, Sheri, her dad, Justin, her older brother, Coleton, and her dog, Beckett. She has been in love with theater since she was 5 years old, and her passion only grows every performance she's in. She has been involved in many productions, including Wizard of Oz, Annie, The Lion King, Seussical the Musical, and more. The Jungle Book is her 17th play. Aside from theater, her hobbies include photography, arts and crafts, songwriting, reading, hanging out with friends and family, and listening to Hamilton. She would like to thank Mrs. Kelleen, Mrs.Taylor, and her voice lessons teacher, Mrs.Laura Hughes. She would like you to sit back, relax,