Resilience And Survival In Louie Zamperini's Story
Louie Zamperini was born on January 26, 1917. At a young age he was introduced to track by his older brother. He went on to compete in the 1936 Olympics. Afterwards he joined the air-force. During a mission his aircraft crashed into the ocean. He drifted for 47 days until he was captured and imprisoned in a POW camp where he endured abusive treatment until he was liberated. Louie Zamperini died on July 2, 2014.
Louie Zamperini’s story had the purpose of providing hope to those who need it. It demonstrated the idea of resilience and survival. The fact that he overcame all his challenges was meant to show us that we can do the same. That just a sprinkle of hope can benefit a person’s life and give them the determination to carry on.
Text-Self
This novel reminds me of the time when I fractured my right wrist. It happened while I was participating in a game of stick-hockey for P.E. On one of the plays I was tripped and then landed awkwardly on my wrist. I instantly knew something was wrong but when I talked to the instructor, who happened to be a substitute, they told me to just sit on the sideline. I then had to …show more content…
complete the tasks of changing and going to my next class before I could go to the office. I was then picked up by my parents, taken to the hospital, and x-rayed. This memory relates to the purpose of the novel because although things were going poorly for me I had hope that they would get better. I was determined to carry on and stay resilient. After I overcame the obstacles of waiting for the period to end, changing, and going to my next class, my situation changed for the better when I was allowed to go to the office.
Text-Text
This novel connects with basically every “hero” story ever created. There is always a protagonist that overcomes challenges to achieve their goal. The text that had the most connection to this novel for me, however, was the Lord of the Rings trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien. This story, which is represented in both book and movie form, shows the adventure of two main characters as they try to destroy a ring. They face multiple hardships along the way, much like Louie, but never give up. They maintain the level of hope they need to stay determined that the future can get better. Although it would have been easier to just give up, they remained resilient and fought towards the better times. At the end of the story the two characters finally achieve their goal of destroying the ring. This story fully connects to the purpose of Unbroken because the two main characters always had hope for the future.
Text-World
When reading this novel I connected it with two world events. The first was a local event which concerned a Omaha police officer named Keith Thompson. He was involved in a car crash that caused him brain damage and made him a paraplegic. Although it would have been easy to give up, Keith had hope for the future. After he had fully healed he began intensive physical therapy to regain the movement of his upper body. He would also practice his speaking because the accident left him slurred speech. One year later Keith returned to working as a police officer. Although he was now answering non-emergency phone calls, he still gave it his all. Over the years Keith has maintained to have hope for the future. He still does physical therapy so that if there is ever a possibility to walk again he will be able to. This connects to the purpose of Unbroken because he stayed hopeful through it all. Now the only difference from his past self is a wheelchair. The next world event also concerns a man in a wheelchair.
Stephen Hawking is a world renowned physicist. When he was 21 he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a progressive degeneration of motor neurons. Despite this illness however he always maintained hope for the future. Instead of focusing on all the negative things that would happen due to the illness, he focused on the bright side of things. Although the illness is an incurable one, Hawking was still determined to make the best of it. He went on to make science contributions in the fields of cosmology, general relativity, and quantum gravity. Stephen Hawking’s life connects to Unbroken because he always stayed optimistic and hopeful that he could learn to function with the illness. Nowadays he does fairly well by using a wheelchair to get around, and a computer system to
talk.
Louie Zamperini’s story had the purpose of providing hope to those who need it. It demonstrated the idea of resilience and survival. The fact that he overcame all his challenges was meant to show us that we can do the same. That just a sprinkle of hope can benefit a person’s life and give them the determination to carry on.
Text-Self
This novel reminds me of the time when I fractured my right wrist. It happened while I was participating in a game of stick-hockey for P.E. On one of the plays I was tripped and then landed awkwardly on my wrist. I instantly knew something was wrong but when I talked to the instructor, who happened to be a substitute, they told me to just sit on the sideline. I then had to …show more content…
complete the tasks of changing and going to my next class before I could go to the office. I was then picked up by my parents, taken to the hospital, and x-rayed. This memory relates to the purpose of the novel because although things were going poorly for me I had hope that they would get better. I was determined to carry on and stay resilient. After I overcame the obstacles of waiting for the period to end, changing, and going to my next class, my situation changed for the better when I was allowed to go to the office.
Text-Text
This novel connects with basically every “hero” story ever created. There is always a protagonist that overcomes challenges to achieve their goal. The text that had the most connection to this novel for me, however, was the Lord of the Rings trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien. This story, which is represented in both book and movie form, shows the adventure of two main characters as they try to destroy a ring. They face multiple hardships along the way, much like Louie, but never give up. They maintain the level of hope they need to stay determined that the future can get better. Although it would have been easier to just give up, they remained resilient and fought towards the better times. At the end of the story the two characters finally achieve their goal of destroying the ring. This story fully connects to the purpose of Unbroken because the two main characters always had hope for the future.
Text-World
When reading this novel I connected it with two world events. The first was a local event which concerned a Omaha police officer named Keith Thompson. He was involved in a car crash that caused him brain damage and made him a paraplegic. Although it would have been easy to give up, Keith had hope for the future. After he had fully healed he began intensive physical therapy to regain the movement of his upper body. He would also practice his speaking because the accident left him slurred speech. One year later Keith returned to working as a police officer. Although he was now answering non-emergency phone calls, he still gave it his all. Over the years Keith has maintained to have hope for the future. He still does physical therapy so that if there is ever a possibility to walk again he will be able to. This connects to the purpose of Unbroken because he stayed hopeful through it all. Now the only difference from his past self is a wheelchair. The next world event also concerns a man in a wheelchair.
Stephen Hawking is a world renowned physicist. When he was 21 he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a progressive degeneration of motor neurons. Despite this illness however he always maintained hope for the future. Instead of focusing on all the negative things that would happen due to the illness, he focused on the bright side of things. Although the illness is an incurable one, Hawking was still determined to make the best of it. He went on to make science contributions in the fields of cosmology, general relativity, and quantum gravity. Stephen Hawking’s life connects to Unbroken because he always stayed optimistic and hopeful that he could learn to function with the illness. Nowadays he does fairly well by using a wheelchair to get around, and a computer system to
talk.