Rhetorical Analysis Of Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken

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The AP Language and Composition course is purely designed to help students excel in their own stories, but more importantly, become more attentive to their surroundings. A conscientious goal, that would properly be attained through the collection of nonfiction paperbacks. Because of the purpose of this course and the current state of today’s children, one must undeniably agree that in selecting the “perfect book”, the overall idea of self-reliance would hold a prominent factor. This curriculum not only focuses on the rhetorical analysis of nonfiction texts, but it attempts to make students distinguish how the world plays with the dialectic of persuasion, also known as the art of rhetoric. In doing so, this course aims at making students aware …show more content…

Hillenbrand who was born on May 15, 1967, in Fairfax, Virginia, effectively dialogs an intense testimony of redemption. A redemption that through Hillenbrand’s words, but Louis (Louie) Zamperini’s experiences, has praised her with the Time magazine nonfiction book award in 2010 along with the Los Angeles Times Book of the Year Award. Hillenbrand through her usage of anticipation and suspenseful tone explores the ability to have hope as the only coping mechanism of surviving. A coping mechanism, where Louie Zamperini undergoes a human resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit brought by the troubles of mankind and unfortunate consequences of life. If an account of an individual who faces all odds against him and tells his story of finding himself isn’t reason enough to be in our children’s curriculum than what is? Now more than ever, teenagers especially are conflicted in finding themselves in this complex world. A world that continuously faces debates between traditional to modern views, where altering perceptions of what’s right and wrong is slightly bent. Having a book that goes against the inequity of mankind, it would teach kids of today’s and tomorrow’s that sometimes rules have to be broken, in order to be liberated. Beyond this, Unknown is also an influential novel, as it informs Louie’s story with the additional backlash of main events that took place in the

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