UNBROKEN
A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
By Laura Hillenbrand
Table Of Contents
Topic Page #
Introduction 3-4
Themes 5-7
Writing Style 8-10
Book Talk 11-13
Book Summary 14-16
Questions 17
Works Cited 18-19
Introduction
Laura Hillenbrand was born in 1967. She began writing in 1988 about thoroughbred racing. After starting her writing career, she became a contributing writer/editor for Equus magazine. Laura won the Eclipse Award for her article on Seabiscuit in American Heritage in 1988.She then made her article into a book, which made The New York Times best-seller list in the first week of its release. Hillenbrand suffered from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. She wrote Seabiscuit: An American Legend while attending Kenyon College and suffering from CFS. She recovered, however, after turning in the final manuscript for her book, her sickness took over again. With her writing career finished, she became a consultant for the Universal Pictures movie based on her book.
This book tells the story of Louis Zamperini, a child thief turned track star, Olympian, airman, castaway, …show more content…
Shortly after he began his service he went on a search for a missing crew on the Green Hornet. The plane went down and him and the other two survivors drifted for 40 days. They ate whatever they could find, sometimes a fish or a bird and only drank rainwater. One of the survivors had died before they could find land. Louie and the other Survivor ,which was the planes pilot, finally reached land but were captured by the Japanese navy. The Japanese army did not inform America about these two captured soldiers which caused the American military to claim that they had all died. Even though they were declared dead Louie's family refused to believe that he would not return, they even kept buying him Christmas
A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
By Laura Hillenbrand
Table Of Contents
Topic Page #
Introduction 3-4
Themes 5-7
Writing Style 8-10
Book Talk 11-13
Book Summary 14-16
Questions 17
Works Cited 18-19
Introduction
Laura Hillenbrand was born in 1967. She began writing in 1988 about thoroughbred racing. After starting her writing career, she became a contributing writer/editor for Equus magazine. Laura won the Eclipse Award for her article on Seabiscuit in American Heritage in 1988.She then made her article into a book, which made The New York Times best-seller list in the first week of its release. Hillenbrand suffered from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. She wrote Seabiscuit: An American Legend while attending Kenyon College and suffering from CFS. She recovered, however, after turning in the final manuscript for her book, her sickness took over again. With her writing career finished, she became a consultant for the Universal Pictures movie based on her book.
This book tells the story of Louis Zamperini, a child thief turned track star, Olympian, airman, castaway, …show more content…
Shortly after he began his service he went on a search for a missing crew on the Green Hornet. The plane went down and him and the other two survivors drifted for 40 days. They ate whatever they could find, sometimes a fish or a bird and only drank rainwater. One of the survivors had died before they could find land. Louie and the other Survivor ,which was the planes pilot, finally reached land but were captured by the Japanese navy. The Japanese army did not inform America about these two captured soldiers which caused the American military to claim that they had all died. Even though they were declared dead Louie's family refused to believe that he would not return, they even kept buying him Christmas