Unbroken
Rafael Cruz Mr. Burruano
Global History 10H 1/26/14
In the novel Unbroken, author Laura Hillenbrand, speaks of the many life experiences of the promising Olympic athlete, Louis Zamperini. Louis Zamperini is used to show how Japanese officials deprived Prisoners of War, of their human rights. In making effort to deny prisoners their human rights, the Japanese officials obeyed by the provisions of the 1929 Geneva Convention. Just prior to the war, the Japanese sought to get control of Nauru because of its natural resources. The Japanese were cornered with “fifty thousand tons of high-grade phosphate that lay under the feet of the grass-skirted natives”(pg 93). When the war began, in 1942, the Japanese were successful in capturing Nauru. They captured Europeans, Natives and Chinese, forcing them to search for phosphate. The Japanese enforced their authority by using many techniques. Later on, the superman crew was ordered to bomb Nauru and rescue all prisoners. From that moment on, life was either cut short or viewed differently, for many of the men who attended the trip. The Japanese army & navy were trained to fight or die. Surrendering was not an option. When prisoner's of war fell into their hands, they weren't sure what to make of it. “At last, the Japanese had made their intentions clear. On Kwajalein, after Louie’s execution had been ordered, an officer had persuaded his superiors to keep Louie alive to make him into a propaganda“(pg 260). The Japanese used POW’s as examples to prove their superiority. They also believed that it was necessary idea to use an important figure as a Propaganda to get their point across. “A famous American Olympian, he’s reasoned, would be especially valuable”(pg 260). When instructed to preserve them as prisoners (POW's)...instead
Global History 10H 1/26/14
In the novel Unbroken, author Laura Hillenbrand, speaks of the many life experiences of the promising Olympic athlete, Louis Zamperini. Louis Zamperini is used to show how Japanese officials deprived Prisoners of War, of their human rights. In making effort to deny prisoners their human rights, the Japanese officials obeyed by the provisions of the 1929 Geneva Convention. Just prior to the war, the Japanese sought to get control of Nauru because of its natural resources. The Japanese were cornered with “fifty thousand tons of high-grade phosphate that lay under the feet of the grass-skirted natives”(pg 93). When the war began, in 1942, the Japanese were successful in capturing Nauru. They captured Europeans, Natives and Chinese, forcing them to search for phosphate. The Japanese enforced their authority by using many techniques. Later on, the superman crew was ordered to bomb Nauru and rescue all prisoners. From that moment on, life was either cut short or viewed differently, for many of the men who attended the trip. The Japanese army & navy were trained to fight or die. Surrendering was not an option. When prisoner's of war fell into their hands, they weren't sure what to make of it. “At last, the Japanese had made their intentions clear. On Kwajalein, after Louie’s execution had been ordered, an officer had persuaded his superiors to keep Louie alive to make him into a propaganda“(pg 260). The Japanese used POW’s as examples to prove their superiority. They also believed that it was necessary idea to use an important figure as a Propaganda to get their point across. “A famous American Olympian, he’s reasoned, would be especially valuable”(pg 260). When instructed to preserve them as prisoners (POW's)...instead