World War 2 Page Essay On Unbroken

Laura Hillenbrand in her book unbroken, discusses the overall ideas of the human capacity to suffer and a spirits perseverance through suffering or hardship. Hillenbrand details Louie’s experience through world war 2. His perseverance through suffering shows perfectly the ideas of unbroken. Louie, through his entire experience of world war 2, receives more suffering than any person should have to experience in their lifetime. First, Louie is stranded in the Pacific Ocean with a very slim chance for rescue. The odds were against him in every way. Sharks attack, a plane strafes their raft, and supplies are scarce. They had to survive until rescue arrived.”Search planes appear to have been more likely to go down themselves than find the men they were looking for.” Louie was eventually found but not by American planes. He had fallen into the hands of the Japanese. As a pow of the Japanese he was beaten, humiliated, and stripped of his basic human rights and dignity.”Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen.” In one specific occasion, Louie was forced to clean a …show more content…
Louie had suffered much, yet his human spirit still remained together. The suffering was caused by Japan's sociological and political ideas. They believed the Japanese were the ultimate race. This gave them little problem with mistreating supposedly inferior races. Louie's suffering was a personal issue. He had to remain, through constant beating and physiological torture, in control of his own personal self worth and spirit. Louie always recognizes what he is suffering for. He wished to see his loving family again. “Louie would pin the [airman’s wings] to her dress.” Hillenbrand perfectly discusses both the ideas of suffering and perseverance though the books. It also discusses the political and sociological reasons for making the POWs suffer,and Louie's personal issue of dealing with an environment that could break the strongest mans