How Was The Importance Of Being Treated In The Book Unbroken

Could you imagine being treated so badly and having your dignity taken away, to the point where you have little to no hope left in you? Well, the book Unbroken By Laura Hillenbrand demonstrates this in more than one way. Throughout the book, we see many examples of how the POWs were treated, and how they were put through being tortured and abused. Another topic that we see presented in this, is how the POWs, although being treated in an inhumane way, keep hope and strength.

Throughout The book, Unbroken, the efforts that the Japanese made to make the American POWs invisible were great. They would make lower rank prisoners beat them and punch them. They would also beat, starve and overwork them a lot. The bird was one of the guards that would be especially cruel to the prisoners. He would take it as far as messing with them psychologically and physically. Which can affect someone, especially since he would manipulate their emotions and take advantage of his power, even though some of the prisoners there were higher ranking than him. An example of him messing with them psychologically was when he would hit them, then right

The POWs tried resisting as much as they could. Something they would do was steal and sometimes try to stand up against the guards, although this would come with the cost of them being beaten. The bird was one of the guards that would beat them if they dared to move or place their hands to cover their faces. So instead of moving, they took it, taking every strength in their body to not mess up and move. Some of the prisoners paid them back by stealing. They would steal even the smallest things to resist them and being invisible. For example maps, newspapers, sugar, fish, cigarettes, alcohol, rice, and many more. All these little things made a difference to the POWs although it wasn't as effective as actually fighting back, it meant something to