Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, shares the incredible life story of Louis Zamperini who has truly done it all. His list of accomplishments range from being an olympic runner all the way to opening a nonprofit youth camp for boys. This novel takes place during World War II and offers an insightful glance into the lives of prisoners of war such as Louis Zamperini. Hillenbrand tells their powerful stories to show the perseverance of the Americans during this point in history.
The story of Louis Zamperini begins ten years before the start of World War II in 1929 and paints a young Zamperini as a trouble maker. His family of immigrants struggled to fit in Torrance, California where the town took a strong disliking to Italians and even petitioned to kick them out. In the late eighteen hundreds to …show more content…
It is a side of World War II that left many people broken, and permanently damaged both physically and mentally. Our main character Louis along with thousands of others is beaten, tortured, and near death at many points in the book. Despite the circumstances he refuses to give up and finds ways to help himself and others. He succeeds in stealing food, negotiating work in exchange for things, and most importantly staying alive. The cruelty of the Japanese toward prisoner of wars is horrifying. They knowingly break international laws and feel no remorse. Americans were beating them in the war as they propelled their anger into beating the American prisoners of war. Many prisoners of war accepted they were going to die in camp. The attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki lead to a further resentment towards the prisoners of war. Every attack the prisoners felt they were at risk of being issued an execute all order. Louis was mentally strong, and beared many years at camps including one where The Bird an infamous criminal took every chance given to hurt
The story of Louis Zamperini begins ten years before the start of World War II in 1929 and paints a young Zamperini as a trouble maker. His family of immigrants struggled to fit in Torrance, California where the town took a strong disliking to Italians and even petitioned to kick them out. In the late eighteen hundreds to …show more content…
It is a side of World War II that left many people broken, and permanently damaged both physically and mentally. Our main character Louis along with thousands of others is beaten, tortured, and near death at many points in the book. Despite the circumstances he refuses to give up and finds ways to help himself and others. He succeeds in stealing food, negotiating work in exchange for things, and most importantly staying alive. The cruelty of the Japanese toward prisoner of wars is horrifying. They knowingly break international laws and feel no remorse. Americans were beating them in the war as they propelled their anger into beating the American prisoners of war. Many prisoners of war accepted they were going to die in camp. The attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki lead to a further resentment towards the prisoners of war. Every attack the prisoners felt they were at risk of being issued an execute all order. Louis was mentally strong, and beared many years at camps including one where The Bird an infamous criminal took every chance given to hurt