Unbroken Rhetorical Analysis

Darcy Wear
Mrs. Maxey
ENG 3U
13 May 2015
Inspirational Novel
Through the story Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand meticulously depicts the inspirational life of Louie Zamperini. She does this using her unique, yet effective writing style. In addition, the novel allows readers to learn about the many horrors of war. Also, the reader investigates World War II from a different perspective by looking at the fight against the Japanese rather than the Nazi Germans. For these reasons, one can conclude that Hillenbrand 's Unbroken is an incredible, masterfully told story.
Firstly, the author is able to deliver this story using her own writing style. One way she does this is with the use of many literary devices throughout the novel. When Louie is just a
When most people think of war, they consider combat to be the greatest danger. However, Unbroken teaches readers that more men in the air force died in training than in combat during World War II. One can also learn about the incredible amount of abuse that was taken in Japanese prisoner of war camps. After Louie is taken captive and is put in a Japanese camp, he states, "To be an enlisted prisoner of war under the Japanese was to be a slave" (Hillenbrand 240). In addition, the author teaches readers about the bonds that the soldiers have with one another. This makes life even more difficult for them because their friends die almost every day. This story is not only enjoyable for readers, but also helps them to learn about life as a
From this, the readers gain insight about how the Japanese were just as brutal, if not worse than the Germans. In Unbroken, the reader learns about the Japanese fighting style including the kamikaze tactic where they would sacrifice themselves to kill Americans. For example, some Japanese would actually fly their own planes into American planes just to kill them. Another fact one can learn about the Japanese is that they had treacherous prisoner of war camps. These camps were so awful that "of the 34, 648 Americans held by Japan, 12, 935 - more than thirty-seven percent - died... [while] only one percent of Americans held by the Nazis and Italians died" (Hillenbrand 322). Readers can also learn about the resilience of the Japanese, which is shown when they continue fighting long after Victory in Europe day when the Germans finally surrendered. The Japanese do not give up until the United States drop two atomic bombs on Nagasaki, and on Hiroshima. This different outlook on World War II allows the reader to gain new knowledge rather than relearning previously known facts about the