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    independently, but in reaction to your abuser. Louie became so obsessed with vengeance that his life was consumed by the quest for it. In bitterness, he was as much a captive as he’d been when barbed wire surrounded him” said Laura Hillenbrand, the author of Unbroken, in regards to the main character Louie Zamperini. In the novel, after Louie was released from the POW Camp Naoetsu, he tries to return back to normal life in Torrance by meeting and marrying a girl named Cynthia and also by…

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    Unbroken Theme Essay

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    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…

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    For instance Louie from the story “Unbroken” plane crashed into the sea during the Vietnamese war, was being shot at by the Vietnamese, and there was sharks surrounding him but he didn't give up hope. He could of easily given up hope since him and his two friends were “struggling to survive…

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    Unbroken In a distant past, where the many great countries of this wonderful planet were in a heated war. Where countless deaths were guaranteed. Where the young men of all nations were forcibly drafted into one of the largest combatant time period the world has ever seen. One American olympic runner must survive countless ordeals such as plane crashes, raft survival, and Japanese attacks, and even after doing so, he his not guaranteed he will live to see tomorrow or even freedom via rescue.…

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    very determined. During Louie's life, he was a very determined man. He had a very important role in the military, a bombardier, and flying overseas in a over sized plane was very dangerous, especially during war. But he held on strongly. In the book Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand uses the life experiences of Louie Zamperini to show the traits of optimistic and determined. Going down! The B-24 dropped down towards sea. Now Louie, Mac and Phil are on a small raft drifting at sea for over a month.…

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    Point Two Suffering is a theme that is present throughout Louie’s life and throughout Unbroken. Suffering is brought upon Louie and the people surrounding him through many different methods. There are plentiful incidents where suffering was brought onto Louie and in turn Louie’s life was led by that suffering. However what truly defines his life is how he is able to cope with suffering and manage the pain that comes with it. No matter the stage of Louie’s life, he was bound to be with suffering,…

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    I enjoyed reading Unbroken, a book that showed preservation, redemption, and admiration all in one character. Throughout the book, Laura Hillenbrand displayed how a human could overcome grueling struggles, but she also conveyed how traumatizing experiences such as a death of a loved friend or receiving beatings from a ruthless prison guard can scar a person’s mind for a long time through the use of symbols. One of the symbols that Unbroken portrayed is alcohol. Many people who have anxiety and…

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    Explain Two Ways individuals use faith to find meaning in their life In the movie Unbroken, Louie and Pete used faith to find meaning in their life to help them with their big questions. For example, how do they move forward and what's my purpose in life the purpose of these questions was to find meaning and joy and to release them from their suffering and hardships that Louie accounted in the war. In this essay, I will be discussing ways that Louie and Pete use faith to find forgiveness and…

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    Unbroken Book to Movie Speech Unbroken is an intense, emotional book that is completely real. It takes place in the beginning of World War 2, a very hard time for everyone. The book takes you through Loui Zeppelin's whole life, starting when he was only a little boy to when he is 80 years old. No one can even imagine what Zeppelin had to go through, getting stuck in a boat for over a month, being imprisoned and tortured by the japanese and having to be a bombardier in a very unpredictable…

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    In Unbroken, Angelina Jolie uses pain and emotion to tell us about world war two and what was happening to not just the soldiers but the people in America and everyone around the world. The main person she talks about is Louis Zamperini, like what his experience was in the war and being a Prisoner of War and how it changed his life for the worst but also for the better. The story starts with telling the beginning of Louis’s life as a kid he was a big troublemaker and the talk of the town as…

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