Mccarthyism In Unbroken
Unbroken
“Then he found himself thinking of something Pete once said: A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain” (36). Louie Zamperini joined the Air Force during WWII and was assigned to search for survivors from a plane crash, but ended up crashing in the middle of the Pacific himself. Starving and deterred, Louie floated for a total of forty seven days and finally rafted into a Japanese boat where he was swept away into Japanese camps, some POW camps, some not. After a few years of being in the camps, the Americans won the war and Louie was sent back to America. In the book Unbroken, written by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie Zamperini is best defined as a resilient and defiant person. Louie had many examples of being resilient. One of …show more content…
First of all, In Ofuna, a POW camp, the captives were not to speak at all unless they were interrogated or talking to a guard. Therefore, “...Louie and the others whispered in code…” (154). The POW’s would not give in to the Japanese, so they were looking for ways to “win the war.” As a result, every act of rebellion was a small victory. Also at Ofuna, Louie realised that the camp was teeming with defiance when he was given a book. Hillenbrand said that “...he kept a diary, forbidden at Ofuna” (156). Louie knew that diaries were forbidden but he went on writing in it anyway because every bit of defiance was treasured. Finally, Louie was asked by the Japanese to make a broadcast that would dishearten the Americans. Louie kept on declining the offer so “they ordered him to do it. He said no” (191). Louie was given an order to do the broadcast and he refused to do it, therefore, he was being defiant. Looking in the dictionary for the word defiant would result in the words, “showing defiance,” which fits the bill for Louie. The most defining characteristics of Louie Zamperini, from the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, are resilient and defiant. When Louie was a kid, he was always getting into trouble, but he was resilient so he started running and was a troublemaker no more. Louie also had a long record of defiance from stealing food to talking at the prison camps, which doesn't seem like much, but every act of defiance was his way of fighting the war. Throughout his life, Louie Zamperini had the chance to break, to die, but through his resilience and defiance, he was
“Then he found himself thinking of something Pete once said: A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain” (36). Louie Zamperini joined the Air Force during WWII and was assigned to search for survivors from a plane crash, but ended up crashing in the middle of the Pacific himself. Starving and deterred, Louie floated for a total of forty seven days and finally rafted into a Japanese boat where he was swept away into Japanese camps, some POW camps, some not. After a few years of being in the camps, the Americans won the war and Louie was sent back to America. In the book Unbroken, written by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie Zamperini is best defined as a resilient and defiant person. Louie had many examples of being resilient. One of …show more content…
First of all, In Ofuna, a POW camp, the captives were not to speak at all unless they were interrogated or talking to a guard. Therefore, “...Louie and the others whispered in code…” (154). The POW’s would not give in to the Japanese, so they were looking for ways to “win the war.” As a result, every act of rebellion was a small victory. Also at Ofuna, Louie realised that the camp was teeming with defiance when he was given a book. Hillenbrand said that “...he kept a diary, forbidden at Ofuna” (156). Louie knew that diaries were forbidden but he went on writing in it anyway because every bit of defiance was treasured. Finally, Louie was asked by the Japanese to make a broadcast that would dishearten the Americans. Louie kept on declining the offer so “they ordered him to do it. He said no” (191). Louie was given an order to do the broadcast and he refused to do it, therefore, he was being defiant. Looking in the dictionary for the word defiant would result in the words, “showing defiance,” which fits the bill for Louie. The most defining characteristics of Louie Zamperini, from the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, are resilient and defiant. When Louie was a kid, he was always getting into trouble, but he was resilient so he started running and was a troublemaker no more. Louie also had a long record of defiance from stealing food to talking at the prison camps, which doesn't seem like much, but every act of defiance was his way of fighting the war. Throughout his life, Louie Zamperini had the chance to break, to die, but through his resilience and defiance, he was