Unbroken Book Report

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is an understatement of a WWII survival story. There are hundreds of horrific survival stories shared from brave veterans, choosing to relive the worst moments of their entire lives just so we can understand history. Unbroken, however, is on another scale of horrific. This book is about a man named Louis Zamperini, an Olympic track star from Southern California whose race to the gold medal was cut short by one of the worst war experiences ever told. His WWII story is spine tingling, inspiring, and downright depressing. Hillenbrand didn’t just write this book out of her imagination, she interviewed the main character, Louis Zamperini, dozens of times to get the perfect insight and to make sure she told his story …show more content…
Soon after, Zamperini and his crew are forced to keep flying by their commander and end up crashing into the ocean. Hilenbrand made it very clear that back then their chances of being rescued or even survival were slim to none. Zamperini and two of his fellow airmen crawl onto some really small rafts and start to float among the sea. With very little food to last them even a week the men are completely alone and stranded in the middle of the ocean, go ahead and imagine that situation. Hillenbrand does a good job of making the reader feel as if they are in that exact situation with the men and you immediately find yourself scared and curious for what happens next. Now, we all know what comes with the deep blue sea, that’s right, sharks and lots of them. Hillenbrand went for the gold when trying to scare the reader with the amount of sharks she puts in this book, and how much they terrorize the men. Zamperini and the men are circled by the sharks for days on end and occasionally being poked and prodded by the fins of the sharks acting as a warning. It has now been 27 days