Unbroken
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Looking out past the small raft water was all that could be seen for miles around. The pacific had taken Louis, Mac, and Phil captive. In may of 1943, The Green Hornet was on a rescue mission to find another downed plane when the engine gave in, the crew quickly attempted to fix the first engine when the second gave out. The plane began rapidly descending towards the Pacific Ocean. In these moments Louie’s life flashed before his eyes, his delinquent days of stealing food as a boy, training with his brother as a teenager, and the glory days of the Berlin Olympics. These events prepared Louie for the journey that lay ahead. Unbroken shows the endurance of Louie Zamperini as he struggles as a P.O.W. but also his will to live. He wishes to run once more, and to see his mother and taste her cooking. These things drive Louie’s fight for survival and freedom.
American History is shaped around the hardship and pain felt by our ancestors, but it is also being made today in our current world. From the very beginning we have been fighting for our independence and we have been tested many times. When you think of World War Two most would say they think of dictators and the Holocaust. But some look back and see the story of their favorite track star, Louie Zamperini. A man who was raised in a poor home in Southern California and ran his way to the Olympics. Beyond his days as an Olympian he has another story to tell, of witch he was lost at sea, captured, and tortured by the Japanese during World War Two. The fact that Louie was an Olympian makes American History just as any Olympian. After the war the prisoners began receiving food, care packages, and other supplies to help them. Towards the beginning of the war these soldiers would have most likely kept all the supplies for themselves, but after weeks of working and slaving next to the natives their hearts change. The prisoners realize that they are human as well,
Looking out past the small raft water was all that could be seen for miles around. The pacific had taken Louis, Mac, and Phil captive. In may of 1943, The Green Hornet was on a rescue mission to find another downed plane when the engine gave in, the crew quickly attempted to fix the first engine when the second gave out. The plane began rapidly descending towards the Pacific Ocean. In these moments Louie’s life flashed before his eyes, his delinquent days of stealing food as a boy, training with his brother as a teenager, and the glory days of the Berlin Olympics. These events prepared Louie for the journey that lay ahead. Unbroken shows the endurance of Louie Zamperini as he struggles as a P.O.W. but also his will to live. He wishes to run once more, and to see his mother and taste her cooking. These things drive Louie’s fight for survival and freedom.
American History is shaped around the hardship and pain felt by our ancestors, but it is also being made today in our current world. From the very beginning we have been fighting for our independence and we have been tested many times. When you think of World War Two most would say they think of dictators and the Holocaust. But some look back and see the story of their favorite track star, Louie Zamperini. A man who was raised in a poor home in Southern California and ran his way to the Olympics. Beyond his days as an Olympian he has another story to tell, of witch he was lost at sea, captured, and tortured by the Japanese during World War Two. The fact that Louie was an Olympian makes American History just as any Olympian. After the war the prisoners began receiving food, care packages, and other supplies to help them. Towards the beginning of the war these soldiers would have most likely kept all the supplies for themselves, but after weeks of working and slaving next to the natives their hearts change. The prisoners realize that they are human as well,