Joshua Wooten
Unbroken / Laura Hillenbrand
Quotation Reaction
“Not long ago, Louie’s aspirations had ended at whose kitchen he might burgle. Now he latched onto a wildly audacious goal: the 1936 Olympics, in Berlin.” (Hillenbrand 22) When Louie began to lose his need to steal, the dreams of an Olympic runner were born. From this point on, Louie was a hard-working teenager, training and reaching for the goal, though it was a lofty one. Changed from his old criminal ways, Louie begins his life’s journey here.
“When Phil stepped off the plane, he got one chewing out from a colonel. When he flew back to Ephrata, he got another, in stereo, from a colonel and a major. ‘I grew a little older that night, sweet, believe me,’ he wrote to Cece.” …show more content…
Men were beaten for folding their arms, for sitting naked to help heal sores, for cleaning their teeth, for talking in their sleep. Most often, they were beaten for not understanding orders, which were almost always issued in Japanese.” (Hillenbrand 200) I can’t relate to this one, obviously, but I wanted to include this quote to give an idea of how brutal these POW camps were for the Americans. This kind of mindless hatred pervaded the camps and filled the guards’ heads. The worst of these guards was the infamous “Bird”, who was known best for his brutality and bipolarity towards the POWs, as well as the pleasure he derived from the beatings.
“Most of the time, he was the wrathful god of Omori. But after beatings, he sometimes returned to apologize, often in tears. These fits of contrition usually lasted only moments before the shrieking and punching began again.” (Hillenbrand 243) Expounding on what I started to explain before, up one row, the Bird was widely known for his flippancy. Beatings--followed by apologies—followed by other beatings. Makes sense, right? This was an important quote because I think it portrayed pretty accurately how unreasonably ruthless this man actually
Unbroken / Laura Hillenbrand
Quotation Reaction
“Not long ago, Louie’s aspirations had ended at whose kitchen he might burgle. Now he latched onto a wildly audacious goal: the 1936 Olympics, in Berlin.” (Hillenbrand 22) When Louie began to lose his need to steal, the dreams of an Olympic runner were born. From this point on, Louie was a hard-working teenager, training and reaching for the goal, though it was a lofty one. Changed from his old criminal ways, Louie begins his life’s journey here.
“When Phil stepped off the plane, he got one chewing out from a colonel. When he flew back to Ephrata, he got another, in stereo, from a colonel and a major. ‘I grew a little older that night, sweet, believe me,’ he wrote to Cece.” …show more content…
Men were beaten for folding their arms, for sitting naked to help heal sores, for cleaning their teeth, for talking in their sleep. Most often, they were beaten for not understanding orders, which were almost always issued in Japanese.” (Hillenbrand 200) I can’t relate to this one, obviously, but I wanted to include this quote to give an idea of how brutal these POW camps were for the Americans. This kind of mindless hatred pervaded the camps and filled the guards’ heads. The worst of these guards was the infamous “Bird”, who was known best for his brutality and bipolarity towards the POWs, as well as the pleasure he derived from the beatings.
“Most of the time, he was the wrathful god of Omori. But after beatings, he sometimes returned to apologize, often in tears. These fits of contrition usually lasted only moments before the shrieking and punching began again.” (Hillenbrand 243) Expounding on what I started to explain before, up one row, the Bird was widely known for his flippancy. Beatings--followed by apologies—followed by other beatings. Makes sense, right? This was an important quote because I think it portrayed pretty accurately how unreasonably ruthless this man actually