Laura Hellenbrand's Unbroken

Words: 376
Pages: 2

Gunner Dale

Ms. Seachrist

English 8

20/5/24

Statistics say there is a spectrum people land on in crisis situations. This is called 10/80/10. This means that there are people that made it, could have made it. Unavoidable casualties. There are many important factors in people's chances of survival, mental and emotional strength, which are what some consider to be the most important.

More important factors increase people's chances of survival, this is shown in the story “Unbroken” by Laura Hellenbrand. She demonstrates this in “The shark kept coming for Louie head,” then he remembered what the man said to him. In Honolulu, bare your teeth, widen your eyes. And make your arm stiff as the shark fast for his head, he bared his teeth,