Anthony Scaramucci Mr. Baird English 1 9/11/14 UNBROKEN ESSAY _Unbroken_ by Laura Hillenbrand is by far the most interesting book that I have read in my young life. I was enthralled by the story and it forced me to think about my own life. The clear message of the book is to never give up and don’t let anger or bitterness get in the way of a great life. For without the raw evil of Watanabe Louis’ post war life couldn’t be so powerful and redeeming. There are so many great plot lines in this book:
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World War II changed the world dramatically. It all began when Germany invaded Poland and captured the country. It was one of the most powerful countires in the world because of the strong military and leader. Germany feared people all around the world with its goals for domination and outcomes of the strategies that were a success. Even though they were defeated in the end‚ the Germans launched many campaigns to try to win the war. Germany’s invasions of Russia‚ France‚ and Africa were the most
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Max Yon Dr. Lemp English 411- Final Essay 11/24/2014 Unbroken: Wars Reflection In the novel Unbroken‚ written by Laura Hillenbrand‚ Louis Silvie “Louie” Zamperini is depicted as a courageous and resilient American World War II prisoner of war survivor. Human warfare can bring out the worst in people through sacrifice and suffering. To be a prisoner of war‚ a soldier endures the most unimaginable brutality that war brings. During World War II‚ Second Lieutenant Louie Zamperini experienced horrific
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Unbroken “Then he found himself thinking of something Pete once said: A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain” (36). Louie Zamperini joined the Air Force during WWII and was assigned to search for survivors from a plane crash‚ but ended up crashing in the middle of the Pacific himself. Starving and deterred‚ Louie floated for a total of forty seven days and finally rafted into a Japanese boat where he was swept away into Japanese camps‚ some POW camps‚ some not. After a few years of being
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War Stories Throughout the years‚ people share stories about war. Whether its in the news‚ or by word of mouth‚ or in a history class‚ people are able to get a feel of what war is said to be like. Many people will never experience war‚ therefore‚ they get to "experience" war through stories. But are all war stories true? Are they believable? In O’brien’s The Things They Carried and the movie documentary Restrepo‚ both tell stories of war‚ but both have a different way of doing so. The
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The Hump In his story The Things They Carried‚ Tim O’Brien weaves his tale around the concept of what a person carries emotionally and physically in the war scenario of the jungles of Vietnam. The story is set in the Vietnam War. It is a story written from the perspective of First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross. He is the Infantry Platoon leader. It becomes quickly apparent that he is using his method of accounting for everything carried as a coping mechanism for the stress of this war. He calculated
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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
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The American baseball player and coach John Wooden once said‚ “It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen”. In the nonfiction novel Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand‚ Louis Zamperini demonstrates his cleverness when he pulled himself out of countless life-threatening situations‚ such as devising a plan to capture sharks‚ that would prove to be the end for most others. Louie made the most out of what little resources he had and paid attention to the details that would
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New advances in technology changed warfare in WW2. The change in technology since WW1 has produced such things as Atom Bomb‚ and new and improved sea and air warfare. New techniques had to be used because of technology‚ techniques such as mouseholing’. More people were killed because of technology‚ as more people died in WW2 than WW1.The technological advances in WW2 changed the battlefield completely as more deadly auxiliary was introduced. <br> <br>The technological advances since WW1 introduced
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these struggles. It is the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of a goal‚ to be motivated. Motivation is the drive behind everything. In Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand she tells the life story of Louie Zamperini from his devious childhood‚ to his determination of Olympic days‚ and through his hard struggles through World War II. Overall‚ Louie is a resilient man. Hillenbrand is constantly showing Louie’s struggles which follow up with the motivation that gets him through them. Through
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