Laura Hillenbrand

Olympics, and eventually ended up in a POW camp made by the Japanese during WW2. In the book Unbroken, written by Laura Hillenbrand, the protagonist; Louie, is rebellious and resourceful for many reasons. Louie as a teen, was extremely rebellious, he would taunt and hit others for the sake of it, “ He pelted a policeman with tomatoes. Kids who crossed him ended up with a fat lip…” (Hillenbrand, 10) This infers Louie disrespects the law (the policeman),…

a nonfiction novel is supposed to be written so it can withstand the test of time. Truman Capote once said in an interview that a nonfiction novel needs to have “a timeless quality about the cause and events.” The novel Unbroken, written by Laura Hillenbrand is a New York Times bestseller that tells an inspiring story of a young soldier in World War Two, Louis Zamperini. Unbroken exhibits the “timeless quality” that Capote deemed as essential to a nonfiction novel by providing statistics, a…

Awareness in resilience means to be aware of the situation one is currently in, one’s own reactions and the behavior of others. In Unbroken, written by Laura Hillenbrand, the main character, Louie, was faced with starvation and becoming mentally insane. Because of Louie’s awareness, he prolonged three lives (including his own), broke a record of being stranded at sea and created inspiration for people all over the United States. When one is stranded at sea, starvation is a huge dilemma they…

shallow from indistinct to detailed, each step will change the sand no matter the foot. But as the waves should have it, each footprint will be washed away and erased, leaving the beach still a beach but the grains of sand sorted new. Author, Laura Hillenbrand, wrote the novel, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, to establish that should one choose to look with sanguinity any situation is not impossible to overcome, even if one is changed in the end.…

When all hope is lost and your desire to continue is weakening, what will keep you from giving up and to stop trying? It is something that in some is prevalent, but others not so much. And that is determination. In the novel Unbroken written by Laura Hillenbrand, there is a tremendous amount of perseverance and determination exhibited. All characters in this novel experience some type of determination. Where there is pain there is normally determination, having guidance from others encourages…

I read the biographic account of Louis ‘Louie’ Silvie Zamperini, written by Laura Hillenbrand and titled ‘Unbroken’. Louie Zamperini was born January 26, 1917 in Olean, New York. He lived his childhood out in Torrance, California after his family relocated there when he was two years old. Zamperini would be as normal as my neighbor except for the superhero like resilience and perseverance he had. Louie Zamperini lived a long and full life of 97 years, but not all of those years were pleasant…

worst officer was the Bird, he beat and starved Louie. Louie wanted to kill the Bird after the war and went through trauma. Louie's experiences forced him to use his traits he used for bad to keep him alive. In the novel Unbroken, written by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie uses him most iconic trates to keep him alive, his traits are rebellious and resourceful. Louie used his rebelliousness to…

meeting him, he is a very respectful person no matter what someone has done to him. He has morals that were not shaken even by the hardest times in his life, which is part of the reason he is viewed as a hero today. In the true story of Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand portrays Zamperini holding his morals strong even with the strenuous circumstances or life threatening situations…

Unbroken, a biography by Laura Hillenbrand is the story of Louis Zamperini, a loving family man, Olympic runner, and later serviceman in the army, and the struggles he faced in life throughout World War II and his strength in surviving. As a young man Louie joined the Army Air Force and became a bomber for a B-24 Liberator. In 1943 when Louie’s plane and crew crashed in the Pacific Ocean while they were on a mission, he managed to keep himself alive for over a month with little to no provisions…

In the 4th section of the book “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand, it shows life of Louie and other POW inside Japanese war camps. The story start with Louie and Phil imprisoned on the island called “Kawjalein” or also nicknamed, “execution island”. Once the Japanese got the information they needed from them, they were about to execute them. However, the order was stopped on the last minute, and instead those two were transferred to Ofuna, a POW camp. Both Phil and Louie thought it would be much…