Unbroken: Story Of Survival, Resilience, And Redemption
The book Unbroken A World War 2 Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand is a story of a true American; Louie Zamperini. Growing up as an Italian American he learned how to value the most out of everything, his entire childhood he would get bullied for who he couldn’t help but being. He would never see himself as less than he was, he was strong minded always rebelling against what he knew was wrong. As a troubled boy he found running, later he went to the olympics setting the new world record in the mile. He then got drafted into the war becoming a bombardier in the Air Corps. The author, Hillenbrand, wrote the novel with great detail showing Louie's perseverance and adversity throughout his life made him the exceptional
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American he is.
Hillenbrand identifies Louies adversity and resilience in his pre-war life.
Growing up socially, Louie was poor, but his identification of an italian american pushed him to rebel against the limitations he had around him. At the time he expressed himself in inappropriate and destructive ways, such as acting rebelliously; stealing from neighbors and local businesses. “----” His popular older brother, Pete helped straighten himself out he inspired a new challenge: running. Louie put all his determination and perseverance into running. He continued the act of giving everything for running “____”, therefor overcoming his adversity through physical emotional and mental resilience. Because of this Louis has made a himself a forever famous olympian who competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. This perseverance with adversity and the resilience in such experiences have led to to build up allowed Louis to survive the war. While stranded in a life-raft for forty-seven days he perceived it as just another limitation or obstacle to overcome. Alike, after being captured by the Japanese with their cruelties and humiliations of the labor camp, Louie never gave in to despair or hopelessness because he had such strong perseverance. (14)
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Unbroken stresses on that belief is a powerful emotion that can guide you through hard times, weather it is belief in yourself or in religion. It is essential for overcoming adversity; you must believe you can or you never will. The suffering he witnesses during the war nearly killed his soul, leading him lose touch in his faith in himself and the goodness in humankind. Belief in God gave Louis a reason to be alive, giving him faith he needed in order to recover from psychological traumas from the war.
American he is.
Hillenbrand identifies Louies adversity and resilience in his pre-war life.
Growing up socially, Louie was poor, but his identification of an italian american pushed him to rebel against the limitations he had around him. At the time he expressed himself in inappropriate and destructive ways, such as acting rebelliously; stealing from neighbors and local businesses. “----” His popular older brother, Pete helped straighten himself out he inspired a new challenge: running. Louie put all his determination and perseverance into running. He continued the act of giving everything for running “____”, therefor overcoming his adversity through physical emotional and mental resilience. Because of this Louis has made a himself a forever famous olympian who competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. This perseverance with adversity and the resilience in such experiences have led to to build up allowed Louis to survive the war. While stranded in a life-raft for forty-seven days he perceived it as just another limitation or obstacle to overcome. Alike, after being captured by the Japanese with their cruelties and humiliations of the labor camp, Louie never gave in to despair or hopelessness because he had such strong perseverance. (14)
(35)
Unbroken stresses on that belief is a powerful emotion that can guide you through hard times, weather it is belief in yourself or in religion. It is essential for overcoming adversity; you must believe you can or you never will. The suffering he witnesses during the war nearly killed his soul, leading him lose touch in his faith in himself and the goodness in humankind. Belief in God gave Louis a reason to be alive, giving him faith he needed in order to recover from psychological traumas from the war.