Forgiveness In Unbroken

Title Louie Zamperini once said “I was raised to face any challenge.” In the novel Unbroken, written by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie Zamperini, an ambitious WWII veteran, survives the hardships of life through perseverance and forgiveness. He struggled through multiple POW camps and an extreme captor, the Bird, but still managed to become the resilient person that made the impossible, possible. He had no regrets in his life because of the thorough decisions he made. By explaining how Louie’s resilient mindset gets him through the war, Hillenbrand shows how he is able to forgive and forget. Louie suffered a great deal of physical and emotional abuse from several years, but continued to push through. After winning many awards in his running career,
To be resilient means to be “able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions” (Oxford Dictionaries). Throughout the war Louie had a troubling time being resilient, but he progressed and persevered. Most people will certainly not go through the traumatic experiences of being a POW, but by comparing their struggles they can have a positive attitude to not give up. This mentality leads to a person becoming stronger and diligent. Having resilience leads a person to a freedom of
Once Louie learned the news that his former POW captors had been arrested, he became a renewed man. He found his place in Christianity and wanted to forgive them. “At that moment; something shifted sweetly inside him. It was forgiveness, beautiful and effortless and complete. For Louie Zamperini the war was over” (Hillenbrand 386). Louie was overcome with feelings of joy since he could put the worst behind him including, his captors and the memories. For a final word of forgiveness, Louie wrote a letter to the Bird, “At that moment, like the others, I also forgave you and now would hope that you would also become a Christian” (Hillenbrand 405). The letter would be Louie’s passport to a world of undefined peace and healthy living. He stopped his terrible habits the war depressed onto him, and mended his relationship with his wife, Cynthia. Louie Zamperini found his peace with the war after forgiving his captors and the