Unbroken Character Analysis
The Novel Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is about the story of Louie Zamperini, who was an Olympic athlete who came from a past of violence and stealing, he becomes enlisted in the air force and disappears. When louie disappears he is captured by Japanese and becomes a prisoner of War, For years he is beaten and hurt. When saved he overcomes all horrors of the past few years. Louie Zamperini shows resilience throughout the novel Unbroken, through going from a troublesome kid to being and Olympic athlete,and through his ability to rise again and be strong after being a prisoner of war and being tortured for two years.
During Louie's Beginning life Louie was a very obstreperous child who could not be controlled. Louie stole from and tortured …show more content…
This was something that was unexpected because of Louie's fear of planes. After Louie went through training he was sent to the Hawaiian islands. Louie continued to Train and did many missions. Shortly after Louie's arrival Pearl Harbor was attacked and America was at war(Hillenbrand 47). After Louie's plane was demolished during an air raid, he was sent on a search mission. During Louie's search mission his plane goes down due to mechanical difficulties, there were only three survivors. What was left of Louie's crew lasted 47 days, surviving off birds, fish, sharks, and rainwater, Phil and Louie broke a record of survival on a lifeboat. The two men were “rescued” by the Japanese and Louie then became a prisoner of war. Louie was first tortured and beat to try to get information from him, but Louie would not give in to his enemy. After being on the life boat louie believed he couldn't be broken down any more. “The crash of the Green Hornet had left louie and Phil in the most desperate physical extremity, without food, water, or shelter. But on Kwajalein, the guards sought to deprive them of something that had sustained them even as all else had been lost; dignity. This self respect and sense of self worth, the innermost armament of the soul, lies at the heart of humanness; to be deprived of it is to be dehumanized, to be cleaved from, and cast below,
During Louie's Beginning life Louie was a very obstreperous child who could not be controlled. Louie stole from and tortured …show more content…
This was something that was unexpected because of Louie's fear of planes. After Louie went through training he was sent to the Hawaiian islands. Louie continued to Train and did many missions. Shortly after Louie's arrival Pearl Harbor was attacked and America was at war(Hillenbrand 47). After Louie's plane was demolished during an air raid, he was sent on a search mission. During Louie's search mission his plane goes down due to mechanical difficulties, there were only three survivors. What was left of Louie's crew lasted 47 days, surviving off birds, fish, sharks, and rainwater, Phil and Louie broke a record of survival on a lifeboat. The two men were “rescued” by the Japanese and Louie then became a prisoner of war. Louie was first tortured and beat to try to get information from him, but Louie would not give in to his enemy. After being on the life boat louie believed he couldn't be broken down any more. “The crash of the Green Hornet had left louie and Phil in the most desperate physical extremity, without food, water, or shelter. But on Kwajalein, the guards sought to deprive them of something that had sustained them even as all else had been lost; dignity. This self respect and sense of self worth, the innermost armament of the soul, lies at the heart of humanness; to be deprived of it is to be dehumanized, to be cleaved from, and cast below,