In chapters 1-7 of Laura Hillenbrand's book Unbroken, precise words were used to help the reader visualize the text. In these chapters Louie is the neighborhood troublemaker and always stealing stuff even if you turn your back for a second. His brother Pete finally finds a way for him to channel that energy by having him run. One example of this is when Louie is training for his race and improving very quickly. “But Louie was improving so quickly,he’d lopped a staggering forty-two seconds off his mile in two years”. When they say lopped instead of cut it really helps me because lopped is a rough cut and cutting something you would be more delicate. because lopping is a big Another example is when Louie realizes he isn’t going to make the 1936
