In the Excerpt "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand, a B-24 Liberator bomber plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean due to mechanical issues. Out of the eleven men on board, only three survived: Louie, Phil, and Mac. During their journey across the Pacific Ocean, Louie's most important trait of resilience was the ability to identify himself as a survivor, and not a victim. Since Louie identified himself as a survivor, he never gave up, and he always tried to help Phil and Mac. Phil also identified himself as a survivor, while Mac identified himself as a victim, thus resulting in his death. As stated in "What is Resilience?", by Kendra Cherry, a psychology expert, "If you identify as a victim and not a survivor, you will give up early and you will …show more content…
Louie always made effort to be productive and did not procrastinate on his duties. He never gave up and he always tried, and tried, and tried. It was pretty clear that Louie did not identify himself as a victim, but a survivor. Louie always kept calm and helped his friends. For example, in Hillenbrand's "Unbroken", it says "There were two gashes on the left side of Phil's forehead, by the hairline. Blood was spurting from the wounds and, mixed with seawater, sloshing in the bottom of the raft. Remembering what he had learned in Boy Scouts and his Honolulu first aid course, Louie ran his fingers down Phil's throats until he felt a pulse, the carotid artery." Based on this text, Louie kept calm the whole time. He never stopped and freaked out, as he just used other knowledge that he learned and applied it to the situation. Louie never just stopped and thought, "We are going to die!". He had confidence in everything and in every …show more content…
This crew, lost at sea, survived a crazy 47 days (Mac perished at about a month). Mac perished due to identifying himself as a victim, and not a survivor, which let to a slow and painful death from depression. He gave up really fast, so he died. Louie and Phil were picked up by Japanese sailors. "Louie managed to survive two years in a Japanese prison camp and was released in 1945. Louie went on to become a prominent inspirational speaker and wrote two memoirs." - "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand. This being said, is a perfect example of not giving up. We can learn from Louie that, if you never give up, you will always succeed. If you do something wrong or mess up, get back up and try again in a better way. When you get back up and try again in a better way, make sure to use 110% of your effort and, again, do not give