number of countries. Louie was being hidden as a POW in Japan, and then came Miné, who was a Japanese internee in the U.S., and both of them have suffered the consequences of being “invisible”, and somehow had the strength to resist. In the book “Unbroken”, written by Laura Hillenbrand, Louis Zamperini (Louie) was recognized as a POW. When he was young, he was very resilient and stubborn. His personality actually helped him when he was out there involved in war, going through so many obstacles. He
23 February 2015 Unbroken No war has brought joy and happiness, but pain and suffer of many people. One of the many people who had it all was Louis Zamperini , who was both an Olympic distance runner, he was a hope and symbol for many Americans, and pacific prisoner of war, who first had to survive the airplane crash and after the torture by Japanese. An incredible life story was captured by equally brilliant writer, Laura Hillenbrand, in a breathtaking story, “Unbroken: A World War II Story
The film Unbroken, directed by Angelina Jolie, focuses on the struggles and accomplishments of Louis Zamperini, an olympic athlete who finds himself in battle during the Second World War. The second film, The Imitation Game, explores the life of Alan Turing and his creating of the enigma machine, which helped to crack Nazi codes during World War II. Although they take place in different parts of the world, both films are fundamental parts in understanding World War II history. Unbroken unfolds through
It does not matter if it takes fifty or eighty years until it finally comes. In the greater concept of time, death is a constant force, lurking behind people’s backs, searching for the right time to strike. For Louie Zamperini from Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken and Hamlet from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, however, death is even closer. As a soldier taken as a Prisoner of War (POW) by the Japanese, Louie has to constantly defy death, struggling to survive. Although Hamlet is in a different situation
According to the US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, “POWs held by the Japanese had PTSD lifetime rates of 84% and current rates of 59%” (Engdahl). This quote was strengthened by Laura Hillenbrand’s novel, Unbroken, tells the real-life story of Louis “Louie” Zamperini. Louie was an Olympic athlete and a war hero. As a child, he was rambunctious and a troublemaker, but as he grew older, he became a man with skill and courage. The war changed Louie; he had endured starvation, dehydration
inferior elements of society; a sure sign of lawless persecution rather than scientific genetics. Among those unlucky candidates whose lives were soon to be culled was Louis Zamperini; an accomplished war-hero and Olympic athlete. Laura Hillenbrand’s nonfiction novel, Unbroken, tells a story of “Survival, Resilience, and Redemption.” However beneath the glories of Zamperini lies a menacing trouble-maker- Louie. Louie realizes that he