Louie was an Italian child who immigrated to America before WW1. Louie was unruly as a child, he got into fist fights and was essentially the town bully. His brother; Pete got tired of his act and decided to change him by making him a runner. Years later, Louie makes the fastest finish in the 1936 Olympics, and eventually ended up in a POW camp made by the Japanese during WW2. In the book Unbroken, written by Laura Hillenbrand, the protagonist; Louie, is rebellious and resourceful for many reasons. Louie as a teen, was extremely rebellious, he would taunt and hit others for the sake of it, “ He pelted a policeman with tomatoes. Kids who crossed him ended up with a fat lip…” (Hillenbrand, 10) This infers Louie disrespects the law (the policeman),
