Unbroken is a touching story about a boy named Louie Zamperini who was a little punk as a child. The story of his life is about struggle, redemption, and perseverance. He has many different twists and turns of fate in his early life and on to his later life. Though, through these struggles, Louie finds a way to keep on and to become stronger than he was before. Louie had a passion for breaking the law and running from the police in his younger years. His brother, Pete, helps turn Louie into a track star in which he ends up breaking records in the Olympics. Then, WWII breaks out and Louie is enlisted into the army. When in the army, a man named Phil pilots a plane called the Super Man where they endure a gnarly battle. After their plane is destroyed
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The pain of war and the POW camps takes its’ toll on Louie and he ends up having a massive drinking problem. Louie and his wife end up getting a divorce. Later on in life Louie attends a preaching session where Louie finds God and remembers how he had talked to God while on the raft. After attending these sessions Louie quits drinking and becomes a motivational speaker. After he finds peace in his life, Louie ends up holding the Olympic torch past where he was imprisoned during the war and releases all of his angers and …show more content…
Louie always found a way to get through what he was dealing with and liquor was often by his side. “A flask became his constant companion, making furtive appearances in parking lots and corridors outside speaking halls. When the harsh push of memory ran through Louie, reaching for his flask became as easy as slapping a swatter on a fly.” (Hillenbrand, 308) In his early years he was able to displace his frustration with other activities such as running, but, after the war he found it much easier to drink his sorrows away. Like many of the war survivors, liquor became away to forget what happened. After reaching what could’ve seemed like rock bottom, his family ruined and his own life ruined, he reached out to God for help. In these moments, Louie had become a new man. After having a flashback of war, seeing Phil and Mac on the raft, and seeing hopelessness, Louie had reached out to God. It was at that moment that Louie believed “he was a new creation.” (Hillenbrand,
The pain of war and the POW camps takes its’ toll on Louie and he ends up having a massive drinking problem. Louie and his wife end up getting a divorce. Later on in life Louie attends a preaching session where Louie finds God and remembers how he had talked to God while on the raft. After attending these sessions Louie quits drinking and becomes a motivational speaker. After he finds peace in his life, Louie ends up holding the Olympic torch past where he was imprisoned during the war and releases all of his angers and …show more content…
Louie always found a way to get through what he was dealing with and liquor was often by his side. “A flask became his constant companion, making furtive appearances in parking lots and corridors outside speaking halls. When the harsh push of memory ran through Louie, reaching for his flask became as easy as slapping a swatter on a fly.” (Hillenbrand, 308) In his early years he was able to displace his frustration with other activities such as running, but, after the war he found it much easier to drink his sorrows away. Like many of the war survivors, liquor became away to forget what happened. After reaching what could’ve seemed like rock bottom, his family ruined and his own life ruined, he reached out to God for help. In these moments, Louie had become a new man. After having a flashback of war, seeing Phil and Mac on the raft, and seeing hopelessness, Louie had reached out to God. It was at that moment that Louie believed “he was a new creation.” (Hillenbrand,