Unbroken Rhetorical Analysis
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand provides a detailed description of how Louie Zamperini survives being a prisoner of war. The author uses several ways to develop the central idea of resilience and perseverance. One of the methods that she uses in the text is descriptive language. In the text it states, “At last, at around eight A.M., he saw Midway dimly through the mist. A moment later, one of Superman's engines sputtered and died.” Hillenbrand used descriptive language to describe how serious of a situation Louie was in and how he need to retain his perseverance and resilience. This is only one of the numerous ways that she developed the central idea.