Laura Hillenbrand uses vivid sensory details in the preface of Unbroken to create suspense. The preface starts out describing how Louie and his crew were adrift at sea and how the Japanese captured them. She describes and restates multiple times how far out in the ocean they are and how long they’ve been adrift, “All he could see, in every direction, was water.”, "Endless expanse of ocean.", "Adrift for 27 days", "At least 1,000 miles deep into Japanese controlled waters.", "They were alone in 64 million square miles of ocean." (xvii) By referring to how far are in the ocean they are, in several different ways, Hillenbrand creates a lonely and suspenseful mood because there is no one for thousands of miles to help them, they have no food or
