Can you ever fathom waking up and being physically abused almost all day everyday? Welcome to the life of Louie Zamperini a POW that is so close to being able to reunite with his family. In this journal I will be doing Character vs. Character, nature and society.

The bird is a person that Louie can definitely go without in his life but he has to absorb the birds abuse and torture he puts on Louie. Louie has tested the Bird so many times by breaking the bird not the bird breaking Louie. Louie has not heard about the war and same as all of the other POW’S they are very curious about what is happening in the war. Louie and the POW’S will often get abused on a certain level of pain being determined by how japan is doing in the war. Louie is now approaching 2 years in the POW camp and is getting tortured and having to do painful exercises day in and day out. He is often holding a huge grudge on the Bird more than any other guard. Louie has a plan to capture and throw the Bird off the bridge with a boulder attached to his foot and make him drown once the Bird is captured.” …show more content…
Louie does heavy labor for the Japanese such as hauling logs (very difficult when not being feed for long periods of time) and doing labor that consists of constant movement and being pushed to were if they don’t do something the right way they have to do a crunch for hours or hold a piece of heavy wood above there head as long as they can until they drop it and then get punished once again. Louie once found himself walking back from the head quarters with the Bird and the bird suddenly orders for Louie to do a somber exercise. Louie holds the wood over his head for 37 minutes in very humid and steamy day until the Bird interrupts Louie and starts to beat on him until he feels that Louie is the one that is weak. “If the man lowers his arms beat him with your gun.”(301