Book Report On Unbroken

The U.S. Olympian three time gold medalists for U.S.A Gail Devers once said, “Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but 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 Laura Hillenbrand's nonfiction book Unbroken, Louis Zamperini demonstrated determination throughout his life to overcome difficulties in track all the way to surviving his Word War II bomber crashing into the Pacific Ocean where he was stranded for 47 day. Overall, Louis's own ambition is what Hillenbrand highlighted throughout this book to tell his truly remarkable story.

At the beginning of Louie's life,
Midway through the book, Louie had faced the difficulties of drifting out in the sea for 47 days and a couple of those difficulties are physical and mental conditions. While Louie’s body was deteriorated quickly, mentally his determination and recollection of memories fascinated Phil and Louie: “Louie and Phil were enjoying remarkable precision of mind, and were convinced that they were growing sharper every day”(173). Louie’s mental determination to survive continued as a POW. Even though sometimes he could barely walk his thoughts of escaping always remained in his mind. When his mental strength kicked in, Louie devised a plan to escape “He, Tinker, and Harris concluded that it might be possible to get around the guards and over the barbed wire” (231). With hope and determination in all of Louie, Tinker, and Harris, the right planning and perfect execution they will be able to
The bitter part of his homecoming was that he was a different man; Louie suffered from flashbacks, nightmares, and intense anxiety. This was no new occurrence and this showcased when Hillenbrand reported: “Physically almost every one of them was ravaged” (342). Highlighting the fact that post war soldiers still face difficulties; as terrible as were the physical consequences of captivity, the emotional injuries were much more insidious, widespread, and enduring: Nearly forty years after the war, more than 85 percent of former Pacific POWs in one study suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, characterized in part by flashbacks, anxiety, and nightmares”(355). Suffering from the same incidents that many former prisoners of wars did Louie’s determination to achieve better led him back to the track to change for the better, but a mishap with his ankle occurs and leaves him frustrated and destroyed. Throughout his alcohol addiction Cynthia did her best to try and bring him to church and when Louie would give in he always left angry and frustrated. Then one night after hearing Graham preach, he feels as though Christ is reaching out to him, and Louie becomes a Christian. For Louie becoming a Christian was no small task he had to be determined to be a better man by giving up all his unhealthy habits