Laura Hillenbrand's Survival, Cruelty, Unbroken

Survival, Cruelty, Danger, Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand’s World War II biography, Unbroken, follows the life of a Prisoner of War, Louis Zamperini. From childhood to adulthood, Louis’ life contains a story of survival and the struggle to fit in. This novel portrays the cruel and jealous Mutsuhiro Watanbe, the always present danger of sharks and Louis’ survival and resilience filled life. “He was the most sadistic man I ever met!” said Jack Brady on Mutsuhiro Watanbe (Hillenbrand 243). Known for his cruelty in the Omori Punishment Camp, soon everyone feared his name. Enjoying beating prisoners and starving them close to death, his craziness lived very apparent to see. He started to subsist known as “The Bird” because it stood the only thing they got away with calling him without getting in trouble. His maniac and lunatic ways include ordering prisoners to violate camp policies, then beat them for breaking the rules (Hillenbrand 243).Judging from the book, he seems almost jealous of Louis. He singles Louis out most of the time and it may stand said he stays jealous of Louis’ fame from participating in the Olympics and living successfully. “From the moment that Watanbe locked eyes with Louis Zamperini, an officer, a famous Olympian,
Throughout the novel Louis battled against a force he can eventually overcome, but the sharks exist differently. There stood no way he could get away from them while he remained in the raft. It seems that Louis remains frustrated with the fact that he cannot make them go away. Although, around the time the plane flew over, he failed to see them as an immediate threat because he jumped in the water with them all around him. Louis cannot overcome and control the sharks, unlike the runners and most of his problems. This time he succumbed to the sharks and Louis despised that. The fact that the airmen feared the sharks more than starvation or drowning voiced Louis’ hate for