Unbroken By Laura Hillenbrand: Character Analysis

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He had thrown himself past the finish line innumerable times, his feet had been raw, his face was once slick with sweat, his head had buzzed with the adrenaline of winning. The legs that had once carried him through the Olympics, and outrun Nazis were now crumpled under him, lifeless and emaciated. The names of nine ghost marines etched on the cell wall, their last will and testament. He reached up with a sinewy arm, carving his name into the stone: “Louis Zamperini”. He would not go down without a fight, a naturally defiant man, he would run, and it would be a barnburner. Louie Zamperini had been a ruffian. The son of Italian immigrants in a prejudiced California. The wily youngest Zamperini boy, who stole pies from his neighbors, got drunk under the table, and ran through the town …show more content…
He would one day become a war hero and one of the youngest Olympians of his time. Laura Hillenbrand, in her enthralling novel Unbroken, explored the trials and tribulations of this amazing track star. Louie, with hundreds others, would soon learn...“The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” - Douglas MacArthur, WWII Chief of Staff. Losing hope can detrimentally affect people.
Louie Zamperini’s plane, the Green Hornet crashed into the ocean on a routine rescue mission and drifted with two comrades some 2,000 miles away from the downed site and straight into the Marshall Islands, and the clutches of the Japanese military. Louie and the only other survivor of the crash, Allen “Phil” Phillips, were sent to some of the arguably most brutal Japanese POW camps in the whole war and forced to face one of the cruelest guards ever to walk there, Mutsuhiro Watanabe… The Bird. Louie’s spirit was being crushed in the camps. When Louie entered one of his earliest

Unbroken By Laura Hillenbrand: Character Analysis

makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.” This quote by Henry Ford explains his determination to never give up, encouraged to become one of the biggest car manufacturers in America. Laura Hillenbrand’s nonfiction book Unbroken, tells the story of Louie Zamperini, Russell Allen Phillips and many others during the Second World War…

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Unbroken By Laura Hillenbrand: Character Analysis

Zamperini commented, “I didn’t know it then, but my persistence, perseverance, and unwillingness to accept defeat when things looked all but hopeless were part of the very character traits I would need to make it through World War II alive.” (Louis Zamperini, Don't Give up, Don’t Give in). In Laura Hillenbrand’s book Unbroken, he had the absolute determination to survive insurmountable obstacles. Throughout his life and everything he endured, him being as determined as he had been, Louie would…

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Unbroken Character Analysis Essay

Character Analysis Of Louie Zamperini Louie Zamperini the world war 2 veteran and an Olympic athlete. Louie survived at sea for 47 days, was a POW for 2 years and was a PTSD survivor. In the book Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand uses the life experiences of Louie Zamperini to show the traits of determination and rebellious. Louie Zamperini was a determined young man. Louie had to make sure his friend was ok before he worried about himself. ¨Louie kept his hand on Phils head, stanching the bleeding…

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Essay about Arts And Media Project

Josh Tan Tim Milner, Introduction to Christian Thought February 25th, 2015 Arts and Media A. Overview 1. “Unbroken”, a movie produced and directed by “Angelina Jolie”, and based on the 2010 non-fiction book written by “Laura Hillenbrand”, was published in 2014 December 25. This movie has spoken a hearing breaking tale of survival and preserving through the darkest of times. Unbroken, a movie that can greatly impact our belief and yet it is a motivation movie to encourage people nowadays not to…

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A Character Analysis Of Louie Zamperini In 'Unbroken'

Character Analysis of Louie Zamperini Since Louie Zamperini was little he was always a determined to do what he wants to do and also he has known how to be forgiving. Louie Zamperini was an olympic athlete who went in the military and was the bombardier on the planes. His plane failed and landed in the ocean, Louie and only two others survived they were on a small raft for days starving. Louie was then captured by Japanese and imprisoned for 2 years, being beat, having to eat little to no food that…

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