...to tell about the army forces. In the novel Unbroken it talk about the mean people that would take the enemies people and imprison them, beat them, do such cruel act to them, and wouldn’t care of their condition. Louie being a prisoner of war was held for two and a half years with everyone thinking he was dead. The prisoner camps had terrible living conditions and were infested with many types of bugs and small rodents. In the novel Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand talks about how Louie is strong willed and rebellious through his whole life. Louie was a stronger minded POW, no matter what would happen, even though Louie was frailty, he was resilient to get back up or would challenge a captain or guard.Louie had always had a stronger will to hold on and to not give up. He would get up after being beaten several times he wouldn’t let the the guard see his pain. Louie never fell “he...
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...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...
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...Olympian, Louie Zamperini went through it all. As a child, Louie was devious and rebellious. He smoked cigarettes and drank alcohol, however as young Louie matured, he stopped doing bad things and began running. The older Louie became, the better he became at running, and before he knew it, he was off to the Olympics.“Unbroken” written by Laura Hillenbrand, demonstrates how resilient and determined Louie was through his actions throughout his lifetime. To begin, the first paragraph of the book reveals Louie’s determination. For instance, when Louie was in the raft and jumped out he was determined to live through the Japanese attack. The first quote from this section shows how Louie is determined by jumping...
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...tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn’t think we could be that strong.” In the biography Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, Louis portrays what this quote expresses with his determination to never give up, even in a time of major crisis. In the beginning of Hillenbrand’s book, she described Louie as a delinquent child. He stole from others in his free time; however, he often gave anything he stole away, hinting that Louie might not be all that others claimed:...
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...milling about. Jake glances at a few of the glass encased showcases. He makes his way over to the cash register where Louie, mid-fifties, overweight, balding and wearing a worn Yankees cap sits behind the counter. He is flipping through an issue of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. JAKE Excuse me. Louie continues to flip through the magazine. LOUIE Yeah, what can I do you for? JAKE I’m looking for a Derek Jeter rookie card. Louie looks up from the magazine. LOUIE Jeter you say? JAKE Yes. Louie removes his cap and scratches his head, thinking a moment. LOUIE Oh yeah, Jeter. Sold my last rookie card this morning. A look of disappointment comes across Jake’s face. JAKE No. Don’t tell me that. LOUIE It is what it is, Pal. Sold it this morning. JAKE You don’t understand. I have to find that card. My son, Michael, the only thing he wants for Christmas is a Derek Jeter rookie card. LOUIE Two days before Christmas. Looks like he may have to wait until next year. JAKE He may not have a next year. One of the customers, a man in his late forties looks over at the counter. JAKE (cont’d) He’s very sick...Leukemia. They don’t know if he’s going to make it. It’s bad enough he’ll be spending Christmas at St. Mary’s. LOUIE Gee, Pal. I’m sorry to hear that. But I don’ have the card. Jake grabs one of the store’s business cards sitting on the counter and jots down his name and phone number. JAKE Listen on the outside chance you get another one. Please, please call me. Louie looks...
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...Louie Zamperini was a satisfying man, in his life journey he had many ups and downs. When Louie was younger, he was untamable and determined. Zamperini was self-effacing. Louie was an Italian, back in the day he was picked on because he spoke a different language sometimes and the people didn’t like it. Louie wasn’t your typical child, he wasn’t cute, playful, and he sometimes wasn’t a good child. Louie Zamperini was different, He was out of control. When Louie got older his brother Pete helped him train for running, Louie was a very fast runner. He won a big championship in high school, then went on to four Olympics. In 1942 Louie was picked to go into World War II. Louie was a bombardier. Louie Zamperini, from Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken, shows the characteristic traits of...
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...Biographies can affect society and show the harsh reality of life. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is the telling of the biography of Louie Zamperini, a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption. The biography covers moments in Louie’s childhood till the last day where he is standing and fighting for his country. Louie was considered in his town a troublemaker and his childhood stories usually ended with “and then I ran like mad” because the people he robbed often chased him . Not one person had hope but his brother Pete, who visions himself whenever Louie ran. Pete saw potential in his brother and encouraged Louie to join the track team at their high school where he began breaking state records in track. His talent allowed him...
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...of action. Louie Zamperini, or “Zamp” as some of his best friends call him was a lost boy at a young age. Through stealing, drinking, and fighting he had a rough time getting through early adolescence. Then he started track and field, and before he knew it, was an all-star miler, running in the Olympics. After an 8th place finish in the Olympics, Louie wanted more, but the upcoming world war ended his journey. Becoming a bombardier, Louie meets new people and sets out on adventurous raids for the military. Suddenly, on one of his search missions,...
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...Zamperini, know by his friends as Louie, and how he goes from a troubled child, to an Olympic athlete, to being stranded at sea. As a young child Louie was very mischievous; he was drinking, smoking, and stealing all before he was 10 years old. To keep him out of trouble, Louie’s brother got him to join the track team. Little did he know, Louie had the potential to be a tremendous runner. After countless hours of strenuous practice...
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...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.”...
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...a truly iron will. This was the deciding factor in his survival, not his shape physically, but his mind. Admittedly his running was what hardened his will to continue even when every fiber of his body demanded respite. This training was what enabled his mind to handle the sort of stresses put onto him through WWII. Louie Zamperini’s early life was chaotic, but it focused as he got older into a truly beautiful ability as a runner. He started out with a natural ability to run, and his rebelliousness was actually a strength of mind that wouldn’t allow him to bend to others will. This strength also helped him rebel from his own impulses to stop running. The people that are born with a “troubled” character, one that doesn’t easily fit into society and superiors is something that isn’t often seen as a benefit. In Unbroken it is shown in a different light, one that gives an idea of the iron will of rebellious people. As Louie starts his life he rubs everyone the wrong way because he refuses to give, whether it is the right choice or the wrong one it is his choice to make, and he takes control of his own path in a way that often gets trampled in today’s society. As this book progressed I got to know Louie, and couldn’t help but resonate with his character. I’ve always been one of the slowest to figure out how to listen to teachers, and do the seemingly pointless tasks set before me. This would often seem to be my enemy and I have driven myself to fit into this idea of...
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...Do you think it is possible to survive on raft in the middle of the ocean with little to no water and food for 47 days? I know for a fact it is because Louie Zamperini did in 1943. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (406 pages) is an amazing story of bravery and optimism, that everyone should hear. As a child Louie was a troublemaker who loved to make mischief. He was smoking by five years old and drinking alcohol at eight years old. He would rob his neighbors then “run like mad”, and that's how it all started. Louie was going to be thrown out of school when his brother, Pete had a great idea that changed Louie's life. His idea was to make Louie join sport so he could stay in school. His principal agreed and signed Louie up for Track. By his tenth grade year(1933) he was running a mile in 4:42. He continually got better and started focusing in the olympics. By 1936 his running dream was about to come true. He was going to run in the 1936 Berlin...
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....louiefolded open the free newspaper as he took the journey from his home in the East end of London to the chic West end resturent ,which was the Essence chain .He couldn’t quite belive what he was reading and tried to calm himself as he counted all the ways that Amie had contravened not only the law but also the compny’s code of ethics.She had definitely gone too far this time . Amie cycled in from Camden Town with her toy poodle in the basket .Today was going to be a busy day after she ‘d fired the waiters who annoyed her yesterday .Amie loved new people and was looking forwad to meeting the new applicant .None of them from job centre this time as her advert had only gone into commuter’s paper .Also louie was coming in from head office to conduct her first appraisal today too.Why hadn’t she remember to fill in her part of that form ?It was going to be a very busy day ! Louie remembered that he had just signed off hussain ‘s first real developmental training where he was off to train with the Paris chefs.They discussed which of the staff could cover for him.None would work Hussain’s hours but there were several who managed his signature dishes.Hussain’s recommended Luigi and Elke as two of the most competent and worthy of his praise.He especially liked Elke who listened and took in what he said adapting her cooking to his comments.He wanted her to have more...
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...Louie Zamperini was a hero, he was also many other things, but most of all he was unbreakable. He remains unbroken throughout his entire life from his younger years in life to growing old. As a child he would rebel, get in trouble, and do it all over again. As for running he always pushed harder, fought through the pain, broke record after record, and all while focusing on a better him. In the war he never gave up, and always had a positive attitude with himself and his co pilots. On the raft he showed he, himself could survive as well as making it so his friends could make it out alive with him. When he was a prisoner he was the strongest of all. He didn’t let anyone get to him, and if they did it was only for a second. He pushed through the toughest of challenges, and continued to help not only himself survive, but also his fellow pow’s. In his old age he fought an ongoing battle against his...
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...struggle for Louie Zamperini. Louie, once an Olympic runner, drafted into the military to fight World War II, gets into a terrible plane crash. Leaving him stranded for 46 days before being found by Japanese troops. He then goes from camp to camp, being tormented daily for over 2 years. After the war, he struggles to find meaning and peace in life. Throughout this adventure, he must search for truth about his survival, love from himself and others, and his identity that has been lost in the crash. Louie is searching for the truth of his survival after the crash. When Louie was on...
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