Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption follows the story of Louie Zamperini, a rebellious child who grew up to become one of the fastest runners of the 1930s. He competed as an Olympic track runner in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The future was looking bright for Zamperini before World War II began, which resulted in the Olympics being cancelled and Louie being drafted into the Army Air Forces as a bombardier. Midway through 1943, his B-24 crash landed in the Pacific Ocean. For weeks, Louie and two other men drifted westward across a seemingly endless ocean, accompanied by a pack of sharks and surviving on scraps of bird and fish meat and the occasional rainfall. Eventually, he arrived in Japanese…
Have you ever met someone who was willing to try new things?In the story “Have fun, Molly Lou Melon,” by Patty Lovell, Molly Lou Melon, the inspirer, is willing to try new things.She is willing to try new things because she inspires Gertie to try new things, Molly Lou Melon is inspired by her grandma.…
In the year 1892 in Massachusetts, a young woman was convicted of brutally murdering her parents. Although everyone in the town said she was guilty, at the end of the trial she was dropped of all charges and given the verdict of not guilty. Despite all the evidence against her, she was set free. In the state of Massachusetts, justice wasn 't served in the murders of Andrew and Abby Borden.…
"But I figure if the world were really right, humans would live life backwards and do the first part last" Angela Johnson page 4."Things have to change" Angela Johnson page 4. In the beginning of the book angela johnson shares many quotes and symbols that could lead a person to thinking or imagining what would happen in future chapters and idea of Bobby coming to age and maturing.…
In the novel Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda Sordino is the protagonist who was raped and traumatized in a summer party. She was unable to speak as she became emotionally distressed. She struggled in school as she was not focused and her relationship with other people changed negatively ."When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time." p122. The essence of the story is about secrets and what it can do to a person. Moreover how keeping the wrong secrets can destroy a persons self well being. In addition the truth will set you free and that the longer you hide it the harder it can be exposed.…
Even though Bethany Hamilton is now an amputee she never gave up on her dream of becoming a champion surfer. The lesson people can learn from Bethany is never give up on your dreams. Do not let a disability get in your way. You should motivate yourself to become whatever you want to…
mindsets. Some characters deemed it best to keep the past in the past. Why complicate your life as well as others, with disheveled, bitter, and in some cases disgraceful memories of the past. Especially when it is far easier to bury them, even forget them altogether. In contrast, some characters in the story believed that the past should be brought into the light, cracked wide open, not matter the consequences.…
In spite of her major, life-altering obstacle that occurred at a young age, Bethany Hamilton persevered and was able to live a successful life. With the support of her friends and family, she got back on the board, won countless competitions, and received numerous awards. With her resilience, optimism and extreme talent, Hamilton is unstoppable. Recently, she got married and is now the mother of a baby boy. Though she only had one arm, she was resolute to not let this hardship define her, but rather to attain any goal that lay…
Mairs starts her essay by describing herself as a crippled woman with multiple sclerosis, speaks about her condition and states how she’s never noticed a cripple woman like her in the media.…
Aimee Mullins has appeared in numerous movies such as, “World Trade Center”, “Marvelous”, and “Five Little Pigs”. While in college, she competed against able-bodied athletes and set records in the 1996 Paralympics. Visually, Aimee establishes more credibility, wearing a red U-neck fitted shirt underneath a black 3/4 long-sleeve jacket and matching knee-high skirt. The outfit compliments her athletic figure, identifying to audiences both able-bodied and disabled, implicating that others who wear Kenneth Cole’s products can look…
Throughout the novel, All the Pretty Horses, there is a constant theme of an awakening to reality. Both characters, John Grady and Alejandra have dreams they desire to achieve but cannot in the end once they realize their expectations are not accurate and they must face real life.…
In the book Matched, by Allie Condie, Cassia Reyes is transformed through the decisions that she has to make for not only her future, but the future of others as well. In the beginning of this book, Cassia is head over heals for her new to be match Xander Carrow, but that all changes with the click of a single button. Late one night, Cassia had decided to look at the micro card that was given to her with information about Xander, once the card was put into her port, two different faces appear on the screen instead of one. “My heart stops, and I can’t believe what I see. A face comes back into view on the port in front of me. It is not Xander.” (Condie 35). Cassia’s response to this is at first very calm, thinking that it was just a simple mistake that meant nothing. But, as you will see throughout the book she begins to think about what happened more and more and before you know it, Ky Markham becomes the center of her life.…
No matter the situation someone is facing, resilience is a must have characteristic in order to survive their circumstances, and not let it overtake them. A great amount of resilience is shown by Kayla Montgomery, a long-distance runner with Multiple Sclerosis. Despite her loss of feeling in your legs, Kayla fights back and overcomes her challenge. Kayla said, “I make myself do it, I tell myself, ‘I know you’re tired and you can’t feel anything and it’s hard but you’re going to finish this.’ And then I do” (Crouse). Like Kayla, a survivor is a fighter. No matter their situation, in order to survive they must be resilient and have the ability to overcome even their toughest challenges and situations. When an individual shows resilience, there is no circumstance they cannot…
For example, Naty Rico is a physically disabled Latina woman with ableism. She talks about how she was able to overcome structural barriers which favored able-body people. Her story is very interesting and I give her a lot of credit. After watching her video, I do see things differently that I did not see before and how able-body people usually do not see or are unaware of the struggles and challenges ableism people have to face and go through each day. Usually, people are unsociable who have these sort of disabilities. This is certainly not the case with Naty, who wants to educate her community and others of the challenges she faced with her physical disabilities. I also did realize until now that pity and paternalism are common with people who have ableism. Based on what I have mentioned, this is why people with ableism have constant challenges and impacts facing them daily who are…
In every story, every character has a purpose, either miniscule or massive. In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley incorporates both main characters and supplemental characters into her text. In her novel, Shelley includes supplementary characters as an example to show how poorly the lower class was treated during the nineteenth-century. Shelley included the character Justine in the novel, a supplemental character, because her story reveals how society at the time viewed the lower class, as Justine was a servant to the Frankenstein family at the time of William Frankenstein’s murder.…