Have you ever thought that you had a hard time getting through the day in one piece? If you thought you had a hard time at school or work, it was nothing close to what Louis Zamperini experienced during World War II, in the novel Unbroken. Louie was in one of the worst positions anyone could imagine. As a child, Louie seemed to always get into trouble. He was a rebellious and courageous boy. He stole from his neighbors and the housewives and he even climbed the church steeple and tied piano wire around it. He woke up the whole town as he rang the bell. The book Unbroken is a story that talks about Louie’s life and how his character and personality saved his life.
Being able to find the guts to act with rebellion against some of the most …show more content…
The strongest survive because of the courageousness that gives them hope, and something to fight for. Louie was hanging by a thread when his life was threatened by starvation and weakness. He did what he thought was necessary, but they didn’t always turn out with a pleasant reward. The author writes, on page 205, “To get his rations restored, he had to find work he could do on one leg. Desperate, he begged the Bird for work”. Having an injured leg took away lots of possible jobs for him to do as a prisoner. To survive he knew he needed food, and he had the courage to ask his worst enemy for work, even though he knew that the Bird might beat him or he would only injure his bad leg some more. In Chapter 29, Hillenbrand says, “Louie began whispering to each man to just do it, and hit hard” (209). He didn’t want any other men to be punished so he stood up and offered himself to get hit and beaten harder so no other men would get the punishment. More evidence shows, “He prayed ceaselessly for rescue” (209). For someone to pray in a prisoner camp when there is so little chance of rescue, is hope and courage mixed together. He was desperate for a solution. Even though Louie was trapped, injured, and still constantly beaten, he had the mental strength to keep hoping. He had enough courage to make other men hit him so they wouldn’t get beaten and the confidence that the U.S. would come to rescue
Being able to find the guts to act with rebellion against some of the most …show more content…
The strongest survive because of the courageousness that gives them hope, and something to fight for. Louie was hanging by a thread when his life was threatened by starvation and weakness. He did what he thought was necessary, but they didn’t always turn out with a pleasant reward. The author writes, on page 205, “To get his rations restored, he had to find work he could do on one leg. Desperate, he begged the Bird for work”. Having an injured leg took away lots of possible jobs for him to do as a prisoner. To survive he knew he needed food, and he had the courage to ask his worst enemy for work, even though he knew that the Bird might beat him or he would only injure his bad leg some more. In Chapter 29, Hillenbrand says, “Louie began whispering to each man to just do it, and hit hard” (209). He didn’t want any other men to be punished so he stood up and offered himself to get hit and beaten harder so no other men would get the punishment. More evidence shows, “He prayed ceaselessly for rescue” (209). For someone to pray in a prisoner camp when there is so little chance of rescue, is hope and courage mixed together. He was desperate for a solution. Even though Louie was trapped, injured, and still constantly beaten, he had the mental strength to keep hoping. He had enough courage to make other men hit him so they wouldn’t get beaten and the confidence that the U.S. would come to rescue