Hillenbrand's Unbroken

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C. Answer the following question: How do the modes you’ve chosen to discuss connect to the overall structure of the text? Why do they matter?

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The modes of cause and effect and definition are key in Unbroken. It is necessary for Hillenbrand to implement these modes often in her book, which she does. The events that Louie Zamperini went through are explained through the mode of cause and effect, and help the reader comprehend the series of events that occur. Cause and effect makes a hectic and chaotic scene seem structured and ordered. For example, the scene when Louie and his crew were taking fire from the Japanese pilot was extremely fast and confusing, but Hillenbrand employed cause and effect in order to display the progression of the dogfight. Additionally, the complex military jargon that is …show more content…
Without these explanations, only members of the audience who have studied World War II or lived through it would be able to appreciate these symbols. For example, the B-29 Flying Fortress was a symbol of hope for the prisoners of war when they were captured, which increased their morale. It may have saved the lives of prisoners by increasing their will to endure and survive.
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Ending commentary – Why is this text significant to our study? In what ways is it a piece worthy of rhetorical and cultural analysis or both?

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Unbroken is extremely significant for students that are enrolled in AP English Language and Composition. To begin, it is a nonfiction book that is still rhetorically significant. Since most of the reading on the AP test for the class is nonfiction, reading Unbroken is good practice for the AP test. The litany of

Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken

three words? Not many people can answer this question with words that could perfectly describe their lives. This is not the case for Louie Zamperini. Then again, Louie Zamperini also fits into the category of “not many people.” In Laura Hillenbrand’s story, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, she allows many people inside the life of this track star, turned war hero. These three words, survival, resilience, and redemption, allow many people into the life of Louie…

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Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken

them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.” In Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken, a book about World War Two, the courageous Louie Zamperini exemplified Anderson’s words when, in war and out of war, he showed his bravery by fighting for what he believed in even if he had to do something he didn't want to do. In the…

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Summary Of Laura Hillenbrand's 'Unbroken'

In the excerpt from Laura Hillenbrand’s nonfiction novel Unbroken, the main character Louie, has strong problem-solving skills which in my opinion was most essential in enabling Louie to survive. Louie helps his men to survive and believe in themselves to be survivors. Louie is a very brave man to stay calm during times of trouble, but his ability to problem-solve is incredible. In the beginning of the excerpt, Louie attempts to save Phil from his injury. According to the passage, “Louie dipped…

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Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken

“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival” (C.S. Lewis). Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is a book about Louie Zamperini, an Olympic runner that gets drafted into the war. Later on he gets captured by the Japanese and taken to different prisoner of war camps. Finally, he comes home at the end and is reunited with his family. Louie makes friends at the camps that help him to survive the situations he…

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Analysis Of Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken

As the Australian-Israeli businessman Frank Lowy once said, “The human being is very resourceful. When you fight for survival, you don't think much; you just do. If you think too much, you sink.” In Laura Hillenbrand's unforgettable, biography Unbroken, the ever resourceful Louis Zamperini was thrown into a haunting series of events after his B-24 bomber went down in the middle of the Pacific. Surprisingly, Louie survived the crash and other atrocities of World War II. Remarkably, Louis resourcefulness…

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Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken

During World War II, Japanese-Americans were relocated and POWs were held in Axis camps. Both camps made the POWs and Japanese-Americans feel invisible and dehumanized. The book Unbroken: by Laura Hillenbrand captures the views of the captives in the Japanese POW camps from Louis Zamperini’s point of view. Louis Zamperini was a problem child growing up until his brother Pete introduced Louis to track. After years in high school and college Louis found himself on the American Olympic track team in…

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Laura Hillenbrand's 'Unbroken'

Laura Hillenbrand, the author of Unbroken, grew up in Washington D.C. and began writing around the age of 10. She also became interested in history and horses during her high school years. She attended Kenyon College and met her husband, Borden Flanagan, there. During her college years, she discovered she had chronic fatigue syndrome, which cannot be cured or treated. This forced her to leave her college because this caused her to be too sick to do anything. Battling her syndrome, she wrote the book…

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Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken

mental strength. Everybody’s bodies and minds are connected, so when people are in an unpleasant situation, their minds and bodies will instantly click in and find ways to help them get to safety and how they can solve their problem. In the biography Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, the author states “He had to devise something that could edge up the patch area so the glue would stick. He pondered the problem, then picked up the brass mirror he had used to hail the bomber.” (Hillenbrand 26). This shows…

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Analysis Of Louis Hillenbrand's 'Unbroken'

multiple records and go to the Olympics. In November 1941 he joined the Army Air Corps, he went on a search mission and crashed into the ocean he then was castaway for 47 days to then be captured and put in a POW camp by the Japanese. In laura Hillenbrand’s “Unbroken” we see the terrible things Louis was exposed to hard labor, little food, beatings, and emotional torture. Louis was treated as if he were invisible, but Louis resisted invisibility and two of the traits he had that aided in his goal of remaining…

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An Analysis Of Laura Hillenbrand's 'Unbroken'

This can be seen in the story “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand. The evidence to support this claim is when there is a plane that flew by and shot up the raft and they all fell off “Louie swam up behind him and gave him a push, and Phil slopped up on board” (Para 9 Hillenbrand). More evidence…

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