'Unbroken': Character Analysis

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In the book Unbroken, A man lost at sea faces great dangers. Surviving with limited food, water and useless comrades he must find a way to survive. Throughout his journey, Louie went through many positive and negative experiences which ultimately left a heavy impact on him. As Louie was growing up being the reckless child he was, he took many blows and hits by people, not once did his stubbornness let him fall. On the other hand, Louie is a huge risk taker, who proves perseverance can be an important trait as he demonstrates it even when he is close to death’s door. While Louie was in a draft, he was questioned by Mac a fellow comrade whether he was going to die, he answered him truthfully responding with a tragic yet true answer. As …show more content…
Recklessness and stubbornness can lead up to a dangerous and rash situation as, recklessness can entitle someone to act carelessly, and with stubbornness combined, an even bigger worry who can not easily be convinced of something. One trait that could perfectly describe Louie is being a very stubborn, reckless person. As a disobedient youth, Louie would very often get himself into troubles, even more often into one-sided fights with boys around his age, with him falling into the pavement every so often, ”He could have ended the beatings by running away or succumbing to tears, but he refused to do either” (pg.9). This goes to show that even …show more content…
As a youth, Louie could only be described as a reckless and a completely stubborn child, whose only goals in life were to cause mischief for those lucky enough to be in his life. In addition, Louie is an extremely determined person who with persistence achieved to survive in many awful situations like plane crashes and prisoner camps and when surviving seemed sure well near impossible for him and his crew. Above all, Louie Zamperini is a truthful person who proves honestly is no problem to him. As a final point, The general public would say Louie is many things, but in the end, Louie is just an ordinary human being with extraordinary

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