The greatest transformation of a character in "Unbroken", by Laura Hillenbrand, was Louis Zamperini. Throughout the course of events portrayed in the novel, Louis transforms from a troublemaking kid to a determined and focus adult. The events of his life, though horrific and unimaginable, shaped him into the man he became after WWII. Louis' transformation, though difficult, changed the course of his life forever. From the beginning, Louis Zamperini was a mischievous child. He stole, caused trouble in the neighborhood, and ran away without caring about the consequences. But, as he got older and runs away for one last time he realizes that it was time of a change in behavior. His brother got him into track and though Louis hated running
it made him feel accomplished so he kept doing it. He became focused and more determined to succeed, and he did, winning many accommodations in track. Louis also became very honorable and patriotic. Even though as a kid Louis hated planes, at the start of WWI,I he joined the fight and became a crew member on a very scary and wore down plane. This shows his willingness to help this country and as a kid I don't think he would have done this for anyone. When Louis and some of his plane mates get stranded on the life raft, Louis transforms into a strong willed man, and persevere fighting through all of the battles after he is "rescued". Before the start of WWII Louis wouldn't fight or persevere through any battles in his life and just gave up and ran from them. Louis' transformation falls perfectly in line with "Unbroken"'s themes of perseverance and suffering because his perseverance and suffrage throughout his entire life transformed him from an inconsiderate child to a honorable, strong willed, and persevering adult.
I agree with the statement that Louie was as much a captive as he’d been when barbed wire had surrounded him after the war. The following quote was taken from chapter 39 of Unbroken. “It was forgiveness, beautiful and effortless and complete. For Louie Zamperini, the war was over” (386). From this quote, we can see that Louie was struggling with vengeance. Although the war was over in 1945, it toke Louie almost five years to say that the war was over for him because of the hatred and thought of revenge Louie undergo after the war. This is one of the reasons why I agree with the author’s choice to include the post-war years and explore this story of obsession for vengeance. Putting Part V into the book not only not take away the theme of survival,
Leper Lepellier changed a lot in A Separate Peace by John Knowles. He was a naturalist who was against the war, but during the middle of the book, he decides to enlist. Leper has always been quiet, shy, and likes to be by himself.
Louie Zamperini had escaped the grievance with his life and has become an advanced soul. Louie Zamperini lived in a miniature house in Torrance, California; he was a fascinating Olympian. He was also held captive as a prisoner of war. In the book Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand uses the life experiences of Louie Zamperini to show the traits of optimistic and rebellious.
In Unbroken: A world war 2 story of survival, resilience, and redemption- by Laura Hillenbrand; young Louie Zamperini is a delinquent of Torrance, California. He steals food, runs around like hell and even dreams of hoping on a train and running away for good. However, Pete, his older manages to turn his life around by turning his love of running from the law into a passion for track and field. Zamperini is so fast that he breaks his high school’s mile record, resulting in him attending the olympics in berlin in 1936. His running career however was put on hold when World war 2 broke out, he enlisted in the the Air Corps and becomes a bombardier. During a harrowing battle, the “superman” gets hit numerous times with japanese bullets destroying
Being Unbroken is defined as not being damaged or being fractured. Throughout the two stories; Unbroken, written by Laura Hillenbrand and Night, written by Elie Wiesel, both Louie Zamperini and Elie Wiesel were challenged on many levels, both emotionally and physically. However, their perseverance through their struggles and their optimistic views is what truly got them through the pain and hardships and allowed them to stand tall and not let their faith fail them.
Laura Hillenbrand’s novel Unbroken incorporates the improbable life of the main character, Louie Zamperini. She introduces both the inspiring and powerful journey that Louie encounters in his life as he grows up. Hillenbrand looks to and successfully does catch the versatility of the human soul. Zamperini’s story including his involvement in World War II gives a persuasive stage in which the author demonstrates numerous qualities of Louie. Leaving readers to appreciate his courage, quality, grit and above all else, his bravery. “Confident that he was clever resourceful, and bold enough to escape any predicament, [Louie] was almost incapable of discouragement. When history carried him into war, this resilient optimism would define him.” Louie
In order to determine why Rodriguez joined a gang so early in his life, we have to scrutinize his childhood up to that point. In Always Running Rodriguez provides us with a very thorough description of his childhood from the time on at which children move into a wider social context an thus learn how to treat people outside their family and build up relationships with those.
In the novel, A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, the main character, Gene, transforms from a clueless individual, to one who understands events by the middle of the novel, when he starts to gain knowledge. By the end of the novel, Gene is a wise individual who has obtained his knowledge with age.
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A changing point in the main character's eyes occurs when his moral uprightness takes a turn and he sees that in order to succeed you may need to give up morals for support. After making an impassioned speech in front of a crowd, he is offered a job by communists to do the same for them but turns it down.