Summary Of The Story 'Unbroken'

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“Unbroken” is a story about the life of Louie Zamperini; however, it is also a story of survival, resilience, and redemption. The story starts off with a young Louie which the reader or watcher can tell is a trouble maker. He was an outcast because he was an Italian immigrant. This lead Louie to do bad things such as smoking and drinking at the very young age of ten. He would also steal and run from the cops. He would get away with these activities because he was naturally a fast runner. Once he was actually caught and brought home by the police, his older brother Pete thought of a way to keep him out of trouble. Pete suggested that Louie join the track team. At first, Louie hated running and wanted nothing more than to quit. Later, he was …show more content…

Soon after, Louie found himself being drafted into the Air Force. During a search and rescue mission, Louie’s plane went down at sea. Louie and one of his fellow crew members, Philip, survived being lost at sea for 47 days. At the end of those 47 days, Louie and Philip were captured by and brought to a Japanese Prisoner of War camp. Louie, being an Olympic athlete, was the man target of a guard at the POW camp nicknamed the Bird. Louie and Philip spent two years in the camp before the war finally ended. When Louie returned, he suffered from extreme PTSD and alcoholism. He was able to overcome this with the help from his wife and the …show more content…

The movie focused solely on Louie’s perspective. The movie only briefly showed his early life. Then, it spent too much time on his time at sea and the POW camp. The movie focused on the resilience of Louie by only showing the hard times. The book goes into detail about Louie’s whole life. It explains his early life and track career chronologically before going on to Louie’s time at war. The book also gives a better insight to what it was like for Louie in the POW camp. The book also explains Louie’s struggle when returning. The movie and book are both very inspirational. The movie is a great inspiration because it focuses on Louie’s hard times. Movies are visual which makes it easier for people to relate to the characters. People can see what Louie went through and see him overcome all these obstacles. The movie also has inspirational quotes such as “A moment of pain is worth a life time of glory”. One would expect a movie to be more inspirational than a book but that is not always the case. The book is just as inspirational as the movie because it gives enough detail that it is very easy to visualize. The book is very passionately written and the emotions are easily picked up. The book finishes the whole story of Louie’s life while the movie does

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