How Did Louie Zamperini Feel Invisible?

Feeling and Resisting Invisibility
During World War ll both of the Japanese-American internees and American POWs in Japan got put into camps. Some were tortured and some were treated well but were held captive till the war was over. Louie was a trouble making kid when he was little and he changed once he started running then he went to war. While he was in the war the plane didn't make it and it crashed with Louie, Phil, and Mac the only ones alive after a couple months Louie, and Phil got captured by the Japanese and got put into camps.
Mine was a ordinary Japanese-American girl then one day they were told that they need to report to the internment camps till the war was declared over. Even if they were born in the U.S. because they still
American POWs including Louie Zamperini felt invisible in many ways ,one example is “Louie was forbidden to speak to anyone but the guards, to put his hands in his pockets, or to make eye contact with other captives. His gaze was to be directed down at all times.” (hillenbrand 147) This was the japanese making him feel invisible because his gaze had to be down at all times and he could not speak so it made him feel like he was nothing. Making American POWs feel invisible was one of many ways to break them and to get secrets out of them, for example “The Bird beat him daily. Louie bore it with clenched fists, eyes blazing, butthe assaults were wearing him down. The corporal began lording over his dreams, his features alight in vicious rapture. Louie spent hours in prayer, begging God to save him, and lost himself in fantasies of running in the Olympics.: (Hillenbrand 186)The Bird beat louie everyday because did not tell the truth about the island with the airfield he was staying on before so the japanese could get information. Although the Japanese-Americans were still treated better than the American POWs in Japan they were still feeling invisible because they were locked up. “We were close to freedom and yet far from it . . . streams of cars passed by all day. Guard towers and barbed wire surrounded the entire center. Guards were on duty day and night.” (The Life Of Mine Okubo) When the
American POWs including Louie Zamperini resisted invisibility in many ways, for example “At night, if the guards stepped away from the cells, the whole barracks would start tapping out Morse Code.” (Hillenbrand 154) This was one way the American POWs felt and resisted invisibility because they were not allowed to talk so they used morse code when the guards walked away form the barracks.Louie Zamperini fought and resisted invisibility in a lot of ways, for instance “A favorite pastime involved saving up intestinal gases, explosively abundant thanks to dysentery, before roll call. Ordered to bow toward Emperor Hirohito, the captives would pitch forward and fart in unison.” (Hillenbrand 155) Louie and other POWs would be forced to bow to the emperor to show respect but when the did they farted to show disrespect. Mine Okubo did resist being invisible in ways but it wasn't as extreme as Louie and POWs, for Example “Internees were not allowed to have cameras, but Mine wanted to document what was happening inside the camps.”(LIfe of Mine Okubo) Mine Okubo would not take pictures but would sketch what was going on in the camps which was against the rules there. Louie Zamperini and Mine Okubo resisted invisibility which resulted to them feeling more safe and free because they were standing up for