Book Report On Unbroken

In Thomas C. Foster’s How To Read Literature Like a Professor For Kids, readers have the ability to identify certain elements from chapters “Nice To Eat You; Acts of Vampires”, “Is That a Symbol?”and “Marked For Greatness”, which Laura Hillenbrand puts to action in her book Unbroken.

“Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man 's soul in his body long past the point when the body should have surrendered it” (Hillenbrand 189). In the novel Unbroken, written by Laura Hillenbrand, Louis “Louie” Zamperini goes through several life-threatening experiences. After being a troublemaker as a child, and an Olympic athlete, Louie straps up his boots and becomes a bombardier for the Army Air Corps. After a traumatizing crash and a forty-six day survival at sea, Louie is taken captive by Japanese officials. Shortly after being captured, Zamperini is taken to a POW camp where he is abused physically and mentally. Throughout the novel the readers learn that the hardships of war effect Louie, causing the loss of his dignity.

The author wrote this story to inform the reader of the life of Louis Zamperini, while also telling the story in an entertaining way. Hillenbrand demonstrated the main idea throughout the book by using rhetorical devices such as diction, syntax, imagery, and tone. Hillenbrand’s use of these rhetorical devices contribute to the book Unbroken by emphasizing the main character, Louis “Louie” Zamperini’s, life before, during, and after becoming a prisoner of war.

After his best friend, Michael, commits suicide he feels as if he is left alone to face the next four years of high school. He mostly lives in his own little world and just wanders and observes things which is mainly the reason why his friends give him the title of a 'wallflower. ' Similarly when Charlie describes his crush Sam by stating “Incidentally, Sam has brown hair and very very pretty, green eyes. The kind of green that doesn’t make a big deal about itself “(Chbosky, 19).This indicates how he analyzes her features and adds a deeper meaning to simply just her eyes. Alike most teenagers his age, Charlie makes very rash and impulsive decisions like when the football players teamed up against Patrick for being gay and started beating him up until Charlie interferes and stops them, winning him respect among Sam and everyone else. He suffers from Major Depressive disorder which he later overcomes through

We can all agree that war is dreadful. The impact to citizens and soldiers during times of war is significant and widespread. The fictional works: The Shawl, The Red Convertible and The Things They Carried, allow insight into the impact that war has on individuals. Although these stories are works of fiction, they all resonate real struggle and unbearable circumstances. Throughout these stories, the characters are continually impacted by their surrounding circumstances. These master works of war torn fiction, allow the reader to experience the impact war infuses on soldiers and citizens alike. Through powerful narration, these stories reveal how their characters are impacted physically, emotionally and psychologically by the war that surrounds

Have you ever thought of yourself as a person who has the guts to do anything, but in reality when it comes time to actually do something you back out of it? In the book Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand Louis “Louie” Zamperini had partaken in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Not long after Louie had competed in the games he had continued on his path to success to join the U.S. Air Forces in 1940, right around when World War II had begun. When Louie and his fellow crew members were flying over the Pacific Ocean in their B-24D Army Air Forces bomber one day in May of 1943, they had crashed into the ocean due to two engine failures. After crashing into the Pacific there were only three survivors; Louie, pilot Lieutenant Russell Allen

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is an astonishing story that starts off with Louie Zamperini, an Olympian who bravely fights in World War II, when his plane crashes into the ocean and miraculously survives with 2 other people. When all hope was lost, they spotted land and paddled towards it. As they went closer, it turned out to be a Japanese ship. They were taken to a POW (Prisoners of War) camp and suffered tremendously by the hand of a man nicknamed “The Bird” and only survived by the grace of God. When the war was over and Louie went home, he suffered Post Traumatic Stress and flashbacks. He “resolved” it with drinking but sobered up when he found God. After that, he dedicated the rest of his life to God and helping others. Louie, the one who fought in the war, was starved, and beaten, was the one who outlived everyone, dieing in 2014 at the age of 97. His life was truly a miracle.

When World War II erupts in the world, Louie’s identity changes from a determined athlete to an enduring patriot due to the extreme external and internal forces that were forced upon him. Louie was drafted into the Air Force and became a bomber. He, and his crew, flew over Japan and bombed their military bases. One time, their plane was peppered with bullets, and they barely made it back to Hawaii. On their next trip, they were assigned to the Green Hornet, a plane which hydroplanes on air. This is troubling to Louie and his crew. As they were flying to Japan, a japanese pilot shot them down. Only three members of the crew survived. Those three had to live on a raft, in the middle of the ocean, for forty-six days. Then, a japanese boat came by and took them aboard. They fed the crew and told them that once they leave this ship, they will not ensure safety. Louie and the living members of his crew were taken to a prisoner of war camp. One of the guards, the Bird, especially liked Louie. He would beat him daily, and force him to do extra exercises. One day, the Bird brought Louie out in the open and Louie

It is widely stated that veterans are heroes for what they have done. War is nearly never necessary, and killing for whatever cause should not be considered positive. While it is true that veterans have defended our country, most wars in which our country partook were for our country’s gain, and not a defense of our country, but instead an expansion of its resources and land. Our country and its soldiers have taken unnecessary and harsh actions during wars. Enduring the suffering brought about by war takes courage and perseverance, but does it show heroism? In the novel Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, Louis Zamperini survives for over two years, stranded at sea and then moving between various POW camps. He shows the strength to not give away American secrets. However, I would not say that these actions made him a hero. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut, has a more accurate depiction of war. In Slaughterhouse-Five, war is shown to damage soldiers’ mental states. While Unbroken shows that soldiers are damaged, it depicts them as heroes. War

In the sequel of Unbroken, the author sees Louie Zamperini in his later years, and Louie now owns a camp in California’s San Gabriel Mountains known as the Victory. He waits for boys that are intimately familiar with juvenile hall and what jail is like. Louie’s camp lets these kind of people have them figure out their problems and to make them a better person, and to believe in themselves, and also to be free without any walls around them. When Louie isn 't with his campers, he would be traveling around the world telling his story to audiences in everything from grade school classrooms to stadiums. He was very particularly fond of speaking on cruise ships, sorting through invitations to find a plum voyage, kicking back on the first-class deck with a cool drink in hand, and reveling in the ocean. Louie, being concerned that accepting fat honoraria would discourage schools and small groups from asking him to speak, declined anything over modest fees. He made just enough money to keep Cissy and her little brother, Luke-in diapers, then later in blue jeans, and finally college.

Throughout Unbroken, readers face one surprise after another. The audience is forced to expect the unexpected, and never accept what is said to be the truth. Louie Zamperini had anything but an ordinary life. His experiences are practically unfathomable, and intermittently lead to question of credibility. Indisputably, however, Louie had an unusual life filled with coincidence. Louie recalls little of one happenstance described in the book. A man named “Jimmie Sasaki” could often be found with Louie’s group. He was described as a discreet and mysterious older man, and although he never said much, he once explained that his routine trips to Louie’s hometown of Torrance to supposedly collect money for Japanese communities. Following the pattern of the biography, the full truth has yet to come to light. Lessons learned from the truth of Jimmie soon became an echoing influence throughout the book.

endure in their entire life. In the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, Louis Zamperini was an Olympic runner. He was drafted during World War II . During the war, his plane crashed in the middle of the ocean and he was stranded with little resources to survive. This book follows his incredible story battling starvation and abuse in Prisoner of War camps (POW). The suffering he went through ultimately led him to his newfound faith. During Louie 's time on the life raft and in the POW camps he suffered an unbelievable amount of pain and desperation, but out of that suffering came faith.

The brilliant inventor and entrepreneur Henry Ford once said, “Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us 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 book Unbroken, the daring Louie Zamperini fulfilled these wise words in every adventure he encountered. Whether competing in the Olympics, fighting in the war, or simply getting over his alcohol addiction, Louie approached each challenge with determination which Hillenbrand showcases in telling Louie’s daring story.

This book is mainly discussed in the book is the life of an American soldier. The author show us turning points of the main character Louie Zamperini, and told me something important.

From Pearl Harbor to Nazi Germany, Herman Wouk focusses solely on one family; the Henrys. From Victory Henry to his wife Rhoda and their three kids; Madeline, Warren and Bryon. All the way to Europe hearing about Natalie Henry and Aaron Jastrow encounters with the wretched Holocaust that nobody would mention. Wouk produces a piece of work that sends you here and there to depict and understand the circumstances each individual endured during World War II. Through Herman Wouk’s work, it conveys only from one family's point of view of the war and what was happening. Whether that was globally or personally. It created a sense of loss and sorrow yet relief and happiness. It established the infidelity that goes on while away from the ones you love. The characters find their own way and you establish a connection with each one while reading the novel.