The Prisoner

is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen.” -Louie Zamperini In this essay we will talk about how brutal and horrific the treatment of the prisoners of war. They were mistreated horribly. I will talk about their nationality, how they were murdered, how they were forced to do hard labor, how the japanese tried to break the prisoners and tried to take their dignity away from them. “A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain.”- Louie Zamperini. Their nationality was barbaric.…

astonishing story of Louis Zamperini's life is revealed in the novel unbroken in 2010 by Laura Hillenbrand. The story circumducts around Louis (Louie) Zamperini who is kept company by Russell Allen Phillips (Phil) and Francis McNamara (Mac) and the prisoners of war (POW). The novel is brought to life in the film "Unbroken" which came out in 2014, directed by Angelina Jolie, Louis Zamperini being played by Jack O'Connell, Russell Allen Phillips being played by Domhnall Gleeson and Francis…

Tim Marshall’s main focus in writing the book, “Prisoners of Geography” is to introduce the concept of geopolitics. He explains how the location and certain geographical features affect politics, especially international relationships. To further elaborate on this topic he includes historical examples to show how the geography affects trade, conflict, and a countries’ economy. Seeing that there are 195 countries in the world and over 4,000 religions, conflict is bound to break out sometime.…

In Laura Hillenbrand’s novel, “Unbroken- A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption” readers will explore how Louie Zamperini’s character and inner strength helped him become an Olympic athlete, survive imprisonment as a Japanese Prisoner of War (POW) and turn his life around upon returning from war. The book begins with Louie as a young boy as a rebellious youth who liked to cause a lot of mischief around the neighborhood of Torrance, California. He began smoking and…

Normative vs. Descriptive Why Sun Tzu’s moral law could still lead to the destruction of world? The Art of War is one of the most influential military treatises in the world, it precisely details the necessary factors to win a war in just thirteen chapters, which is probably the reason that, even in contemporary history, this book is still considered as the reference or guide in the battlefield. In this way, The Art of War is undeniably a successful battle book, and Sun Tzu a talented…

Over a few centuries, post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) has been known by plenty of names: at first, it stood as “irritable heart” during the American Civil War; later during the First World War, the symptoms were called “shell shock” or “hysteria”. When the Second World War and the War in Korea occurred, the symptoms were labeled as “war neurosis”, “battle fatigue”, and “exhaustion.” Lastly, during the War in Vietnam, “Post Vietnam Syndrome” remained as the last occurrence of names given…

Matthew Wilson Mrs. Dee Period 4 22 February 2016 Government policies for Military Veterans Our government sometimes does many things for our military veterans that may make life easier on them or reward them for their actions. However, there are also some issues with these benefits or the lack of there of. Some veterans struggle to make it by when they get out of the military. This paper will elaborate on what the government does or fails to do for military veterans. Some of these policies…

able to leave the POW camp and stay in Japan as a propaganda tool. When Louis refused he was brought back to the camp where “The Bird” was infuriated that Louis did not do the propaganda as he was told, so he punished Louis by having every single prisoner punch him in the face for not showing his respect to japan. While Louis was being punched he kept flashing back to what his brother would say “If you can take it, you can make it”, “If you can take it, you can make it”, “If you can take it, you…

and a captured POW. He experienced China in the perspective of good and evil in order to survive yet in the end was condemned to be an outcast in society upon his return to China. Wilhelmus explains how this outcasting is caused, “When he became a prisoner, he is filled with chagrin because a standard dogma of the Communists was that allowing oneself to be captured already made a person disloyal” (171). One day he got the order to eliminate some of the American unit designations; with Yuan’s…

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,…