Laura Hillenbrand's biographical book Unbroken describes the thrilling true story of Olympian and World War II prisoner of war survivor Louis Zamperini. Zamperini was from Torrance, California, where he was known for being a troublemaker. His brother introduced him to the sport of running. Zamperini quickly became beloved by the sport and eventually left out his troubled life behind and went on to become an Olympian. Zamperini had gone to the Berlin games and was prepared to run, but was not able to compete due to the war.…
Louis Zamperini was a juvenile delinquent, 1936 Olympic runner, a bombardier on a B- 24 Libertarian, and a Prisoner of War. Louis zamperini faced many problems in his life and overcame all of them. January 26, 1917 Louis Zamperini was born to Anthony and Louise Zamperini, an Italian family. Louis Zamperini was a badly behaved kid. He started smoking when he was five and started drinking at 8.…
Robert volunteered to go to the military because he knew he was going to be drafted anyway. He volunteered in 1942, and went in as a 1st Lieutenant and later got promoted to a captain. In the beginning of his service, Robert was an examining doctor at Oklahoma City, and his job was to examine the soldiers to see if they…
Fit men between the ages of 18-60 were required to serve in the war. Some of the men enlisted because they were inspired by the patriotism and the 80$ bounty…
Louie Zamperini lived in Torrance, California. He was born in Olean, New York in January 26, 1917 but his family was from Italy. He had three siblings Pete, Sylvia, and Virginia. Kids gave Louie a hard time at school because he barely spoke English. He was always getting in trouble and began drinking, smoking, and stealing at the age of nine.…
Boom! Another bomb dropped just beside Louie Zamperini and his crewmates. Japan and America were officially at war. The bombardiers gathered their things, hopped into the B-24, and off to Japan they flew. Louie is now going to be the guy every man hopes to be.…
Unbroken Analysis Throughout childhood, Louie Zamperini was seen by most as troublesome and a nuisance. Very few people ever saw his soft, caring, and helpful side that was common around his immediate family. The community of Torrance, California, where he grew up, often witnessed his wild, rebellious, and reckless side. Louie’s Italian heritage also made him a target for bullies to pick on in addition to his size and build for his age.…
American philosopher David Cottrell once said, “Doing the right thing isn't always easy, in fact, sometimes it's real hard, but just remember that doing the right thing is always right.” For approximately twenty-eight months, Louis Zamperini, a prisoner of war, was victimized in as many barbaric ways as possible. Deranged Japanese guards, especially “the Bird”, made certain that Zamperini suffered from not just malnutrition, exposure, and grim conditions but also excessive physical and psychological torment. Yet for a brief period, according to Andrews’s article "8 Things You May Not Know About Louis Zamperini," Zamperini was taken to Radio Tokyo and was asked to read propaganda messages over the air in efforts to belittle the United States…
In the words of Gail Devers, “Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can't stay down. We can’t allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn’t think we could be that strong.” In the nonfictional, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie Zamperini, being the clever man he is, demonstrates Dever’s words though the 36’ Olympics, a treacherous trek in the Pacific, and in many Japanese POW camps. In his early days in Berlin, Louie already began expressing his mischievous cleverness.…
The story of Louis Zamperini in Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken tells the struggle of the Olympic athlete from being lost at sea for almost two months to being a prisoner of war in multiple camps of Japan. The pain that Louie experienced was not all physical. The veteran’s exposure to mental abuse matched equally (possibly even more) to the amounts of beatings he got on a daily basis. After the war Louis suffered from PTSD which eventually lead him into alcoholism. Even though alcoholism is a serious disease, Louis Zamperini quotes that there is one thing worse than alcoholism, hatred.…
War can be loud and visible or quiet and remote. It affects the individual and entire societies, the soldier, and the civilian. Both U.S. prisoners of war in Japan and Japanese- American citizens in the United States during WWII undergo efforts to make them “invisible”. Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken hero, Louie Zamperini, like so many other POW’S is imprisoned, beaten, and denied basic human right in POW camps throughout Japan. Miné Okubo, a U.S. citizen by birth, is removed from society and interned in a “protective custody” camp for Japanese-American citizens.…
Unbroken Essay From thief to runner, prisoner of war to camp counselor, Louie Zamperini has impacted the lives of people worldwide. Unbroken is a novel by Laura Hillenbrand about the life story and journey of Louie Zamperini. Louie was born and raised during the Great Depression. His brother Pete introduced Louie to running as a way to keep him out of trouble. Zamperini ran in the 1931 olympics before fighting to fighting in WWII as a part of a bomber crew.…
If a man was to be selected, he would spend two years of continuous full-time service in the army then followed by three years of part-time service in the Army Reserve. So when young men heard about the…
Boys as young as eighteen years old were then quickly and forcefully drafted into the war. The war eventually traumatized and ruined the emotional and physical identities of these young men…
Zamperini was born January 26, 1917, in Olean, New York, to Anthony Zamperini and Louise Dossi, both native to Verona in Northern Italy. He had an older brother named Pete and two younger sisters, Virginia and Sylvia. He was raised in a strict Catholic household. The family moved to Torrance, California, in 1919, where Louis attended Torrance High School. Zamperini and his family spoke no English when they moved to California making him a target for bullies.…