Louie Zamperini‚ an olympic runner‚ WW2 officer‚ and a survivor. Louie ran in the 1936 Olympic games in Germany. Not doing as well as he expected‚ Louie planned to race again in 1940‚ but his dreams were displaced with the start of WW2. Louie then joined the air force and was later a castaway due to the plane crashing over sea. The book Unbroken‚ written by Laura Hillenbrand‚ focuses on the strong character traits of Zamperini such as his resourcefulness and determination. Louie is very resourceful
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over Louie’s life‚ in the nonfiction literary category. This paper will describe and answer in detail all about the novel and how Louie could survive through the War. Some of the main topics of this paper include‚ Louie’s characteristics‚ how Louie survived‚ Louie’s reconciliation‚ and an important life lesson from throughout the novel. Throughout
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character that i relate to‚ I would choose Louie from Remember The Titans. I would choose Louie because we both play football‚ make good grades‚ and are Christians. In the movie‚ Louie plays the line in football‚ as well as I. We both have good grades and Christianity in common. This is why I think I relate to Louie. In the movie‚ Louie is a starting nose tackle and offensive tackle for the Titans. I also start at tackle and nose. In the movie‚ Louie has a big part in pumping up the team‚ I
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combat‚ so Louie not only trained his body for the unpredictable war‚ but he trained his mind as well: “He’d been in Hawaii for only two months‚ yet already several dozen men from his bomb group including more than a quarter of the men in his barracks had been killed” (83). Given a B-24D‚ Louie and his crew named the plane Superman; however‚ two missions later‚ the Superman riddled with bullet holes‚ made it time for a new plane. Now assigned to the Green Hornet‚ tragedy struck Louie and his crew
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Louie Zamperini‚ an Olympic runner and WWII hero‚ was quoted as saying‚ “However dark the night‚ however dim our hopes‚ the light will always follow the darkness‚” (Louie Zamperini). In the novel Unbroken‚ by Laura Hillenbrand‚ is the story of Zamperini’s life from his undisciplined childhood to his passionate running to fighting for his life in WWII and coming home a new man. Louie finds his identity as a young adult which allows him to seek resilience with any obstacle he faces. Louie created
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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 in the camps‚ the Americans won the war and Louie was sent back to America. In the book
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analysis of louie Zamperini Louie goes through hard and tragic life as a prisoner. After he turned his life around‚ he became an amazing runner. He also became great fighter.In the book Unbroken‚ Laura Hillenbrand uses the life experiences of Louie Zamperini to show the traits of Forgiving and Determined. Throughout the book it is shown that Louie is a Forgiving person. An example of this is when Louie It was in the boat after they had the plane crash and it was with Mac‚Phil and Louie. The
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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 suffering after he survived a plane crash‚ 47 days at seas
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a thief made Louie clever because he had to be sneaky and plan on how he would steal what he wanted to steal. Therefore‚ even as a young child Louie cleverness: “ A metal dealer never guessed
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Needless to say‚ it was Louis who motivated other American soldiers to persevere during World War II as he never wanted his friends to die on his watch. A young boy‚ Louie stole and caused trouble around his hometown in Torrance‚ California. All he wanted to do was steal. Although he often ran from the police after breaking the law‚ Louie often gave away the
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