The book Unbroken writes about Louie Zamperini’s long, adventurous life. Multiple themes are shown throughout his life, but the most important and reoccuring theme would be survival. Three examples of survival are the crash of the Green Hornet, living on the raft, and Louie being punched 220 times in the face.
When Louie started working in the air force, his chances of crashing in the B-24s was very high. Since planes were being recycled and trading the parts, the Green Hornet barely made it through expection. Louie’s plane went down and Louie was trapped inside. He was tangled in the wires and was soon going to drown. He passed out and for some reason unknown, he woke up again free. He swam up to the surface and only saw the other two survivors Mac and Phil. An important quote from the text is, “He burst into dazzling daylight. He gasped in a breath and immediately vomited up the salt water and fuel he had swallowed. He had survived” (pg. 127). The movie compared to the book was similar. The same scene happened almost exactly. The difference between the two was being able to actual see what was happening instead of imagining it in your head. The set design was very accurate and helped understanding of …show more content…
The supply kits given to them gave little to nothing of use. Especially when Mac ate the chocolate, they became desperate. They spent 47 days being creative with their resources. They were sun blistered, hungry, thirsty, and dying. The book perfectly described their time out at sea with quotes such as, “They held their sun-scorched eyes to the horizon, searching for land, but there was none. Their hunger dimmed, an ominous sign. They had reached the last stage of starvation” (pg. 172). Although the movie did not give the same amount of details, it still gave off the same effect of Louie’s wit and grit by showing the character’s costumes of starvation and death’s soon
When Louie started working in the air force, his chances of crashing in the B-24s was very high. Since planes were being recycled and trading the parts, the Green Hornet barely made it through expection. Louie’s plane went down and Louie was trapped inside. He was tangled in the wires and was soon going to drown. He passed out and for some reason unknown, he woke up again free. He swam up to the surface and only saw the other two survivors Mac and Phil. An important quote from the text is, “He burst into dazzling daylight. He gasped in a breath and immediately vomited up the salt water and fuel he had swallowed. He had survived” (pg. 127). The movie compared to the book was similar. The same scene happened almost exactly. The difference between the two was being able to actual see what was happening instead of imagining it in your head. The set design was very accurate and helped understanding of …show more content…
The supply kits given to them gave little to nothing of use. Especially when Mac ate the chocolate, they became desperate. They spent 47 days being creative with their resources. They were sun blistered, hungry, thirsty, and dying. The book perfectly described their time out at sea with quotes such as, “They held their sun-scorched eyes to the horizon, searching for land, but there was none. Their hunger dimmed, an ominous sign. They had reached the last stage of starvation” (pg. 172). Although the movie did not give the same amount of details, it still gave off the same effect of Louie’s wit and grit by showing the character’s costumes of starvation and death’s soon