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 Phil’s t-shirt in the water, folded it into a compress and pressed it to the wounds .” instead of panicking, Louie just continued to help out Phil with his injury. When the “sun [laid] upon the men, scalding their skin”, the rain finally cam. The
