1. FORGIVENESS BRINGS MORE PEACE THAN REVENGE Zamperini shows at the end of the book (this part was left out of the movie) that his rage to get revenge brought on much anger and stress, and it was sending him in a negative spiral. He attended a sermon with Rev. Billy Graham and found that through dedicating his life to Christ he was able to make his mission forgiveness and not revenge. 2. THE POWER OF MENTAL IMAGERY When on the raft for the 47 days and while in POW camp, the soldiers would talk about what they were going to eat when they got home and break down the process of cooking into the greatest details, even hearing the eggs cracking on the bowls and the whisk stirring the eggs and flour. This allowed them to keep their minds sharp and helped with the starvation they were experiencing. 3. THE STRENGTH OF THE HUMAN WILL TO BE UNBROKEN This movie, like The Lone Survivor, reinforced what Viktor Frankl wrote about in Man 's Search for Meaning (MUST READ) and demonstrated that you can take a man 's health, you can put him in unimaginable horrific conditions, you can beat him and starve him, but you cannot break his will. 4. IF YOU CAN TAKE IT, YOU CAN MAKE IT Early on in the movie Zamperini 's brother convinced him to try running as a way to get him focused, out of trouble and into something positive. Zamperini wanted to quit when it got hard and the voice in his head said You can 't push this hard, you can 't do this. 5. THE IMPORTANCE OF SPORTS FOR YOUTH The
Rusty Crowder Period 2 Quarter 2 Commentary #1 The Long Walk by Stephen King Pages 1-25 (Chapter 1) The story starts off with the main character, Raymond Davis Garraty. He is a 16-year-old boy from Maine. The only one competing from Maine, where the long walk takes place, and is supported by big crowds of people.
In the words of Steve Lopez, “You're only as good or bad as your latest attempt to make some connection with the world.” The novel, The Soloist, by Steve Lopez is an insight to Lopez’s time helping and connecting with Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless schizophrenic. When Lopez meets Nathaniel he is awed by his musical talent and soon discovers he once attended Julliard, a prestigious school of performing arts. Lopez’s story was transformed into a film produced in 2008. Lopez’s character in the book and film share similarities and differences in his personal life, attitude towards Nathaniel, and struggles that contribute to the overall theme of the novel.
People tend to have a strong desire for power, in any way, shape, or form. In the story True Grit, the protagonist, Mattie Ross, strives to gain power and respect from the many people she encounters during the story. As women were being oppressed during this time, Mattie conveys a powerful message that demonstrates the equality of both men and women. Throughout the book True Grit by Charles Portis, and the movie True Grit directed by Ethan and Joel Coen, the story portrays Mattie as a powerful woman figure in order to exhibit the power a woman can uphold.
She did an absolutely wonderful job of creating this time period with just her words and it’s one of my favorite things about this book. The As a boy, Louie Zamperini was always in trouble, but with the help of his older brother, he turned his life around and channeled his energy into running. He set his first record in high school, “He ran a field of milers off their feet, stopping the watches in 5:03. Three seconds faster than Pete’s record. ”(17)
The story “Survivor Type” by Stephen King is a story about a man named Richard Pines. In the story Richard is trapped on an island somewhere in the Gulf of Thailand. In the story Richard speaks to us through his diary entries. In the diary entries they tell us his life story, how Richard lived his, how he got stuck on the island ,how Richard lived on the island ,how he ate himself ,and how Richard died to become a drug addled cannibal. This is also a story about man trying to survive and trying to fight society
Imagine getting up everyday before high school and preparing for war. For Melba Pattillo Beals this fear was a scary reality. In the beginning of “Warriors Don 't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock 's Central High” by Melba Pattillo Beals, she begins talking about what it’s like to come back to the haunted racist halls of Little Rock Central High School. This was a time when civil rights was a major issue and the color separation between white and black was about to be broken. Melba and nine other students entered Central High School becoming the first African American students to go to an all white school.
Unbroken 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.
Unbroken is the best word that can be used to describe Louie Zamperini. In the book Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, there are three other adjectives that can be used to describe Louie Zamperini, the main character. These adjectives are determined, compassionate, and defiant. These attributes can be proven through not only Louie’s actions, but his thoughts as well. These are the three different characteristics of Louie.
In the story of ' 'Going Solo ' ', Roald Dahl meets many different, strange, and interesting people along with his journey during the setting of " The First Encounter of the Bandit" on pages 26-30, two characters from the story that Dahl vividly remembered was two men who went by the names of David Coke and Corporal. Both characters were a part of the same training camp. These two people in his life-telling story had been remembered in interesting ways in which they were compared in drastic ways. David and the Corporal were expressed in two dissimilar ways that lead to the chapter in which Roald felt about their personalities. In the story of "Going Solo", chapter " The First Encounter with a Bandit", Roald met a man that was known as the
In Chapter 9-14 Holden Caulfield leaves Penecy Prep and heads to New York City. Where he will stay for a couple days before winter vacation starts and he will head home. Delaying breaking the news to his family he got kicked out of school for as long as possible. These chapters are where Holden’s loneliness becomes abundantly clear. The reader is subjected to many long rants by Holden about the company he wants, though he attempts to settle several times.
A Brother Lost The author is Ashley Womble has expressive before a story about title “A Brother Lost” that is happening to her without brother being lost. Sometime can to feel their problem being missing or lost from people important is get poor than can’t found to where a place in town. The woman is person about like is state from New York never to use homeless with people in a begin lost to help.
If we were able to make our children smarter, better looking, or more athletic, should we? Amy Sterling Casil had that exact scenario in mind when she wrote her short story, Perfect Stranger in 2006. Written in the first-person narrative that takes place in the distant future, Casil weaves a terrifying story of genetic alteration to “fix” our children’s flaws. What harm can it cause if gene therapy is performed as an elective procedure rather than medical necessity? Gary and Carolyn, expecting parents, find out their little boy will need gene therapy while still in the womb if they hope to spare him from a fatal heart condition.
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. After Louie was captured by the Japanese, he was taken to a POW camp ,Ofuna, they began to deprive Louie of human essentials such as food and water. To make matters worse, they started to conduct experiments on him and his comrade Phil, “The doctor pushed more solution into his vein, and the spinning worsened.
Louie Zamperini and Commander John Fitzgerald show strength and resolution in the face of adversity. For example, when Louie’s plane crashed and the men were on the raft, Laura Hillenbrand wrote, “Louie was determined to keep himself and the others lucid”(114). During their journey on the rafts, Louie tried to keep Phil, Mac and himself hopeful in a seemingly hopeless situation. He tried to distract them from hunger and troubling thoughts by singing songs and talking about comforting memories of the past. Commander John Fitzgerald demonstrated his fortitude in Ofuna.
In the book Renegades by Marissa Meyer, many things happen throughout the book that many will find interesting. This story follows two main characters, Adrian Everhart and Nova Artino/Mclain. In this world, there are these people who are prodigies with superpowers that they either inherit or are born with. There is also a Council that is made of the best superheroes or Renegades, all around the city that this book takes place in and the son of the top two Council members is Adrian Everhart with their leadership skills and the ability to make whatever he draws come to life. There are also villains in this world of heroes called the Anarchists and within these villains is the niece of the formerly ruler of Gatlon City during the Age of Anarchy.