Unbroken Essay

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In the film “Unbroken,” the film begins with Louis Zamperini and his crew flying through the skies during a bombing mission over the ocean. Their plane encounters heavy fire from the Japanese, leaving Louis and his crewmates struggling to survive. As time goes by, their engines blow out, causing their plane to crash into the ocean. The crew braces for impact. Louis and a few other members of his crew survive on a liferaft. As they drift for days upon weeks at sea, battling through hunger, they use sharks as a food source. At one point, they call out to a plane, hoping it is their rescue, but it is a Japanese plane encounter. They are put on guard; either they let the Japanese plane kill them or they jump into the ocean with sharks surrounding them. They jump in and manage to …show more content…

As he grows older, he rises to the top, running to become an Olympic track star, setting a record, and capturing the nation’s attention. However, his athletic journey is put on hold as he enlists in the military to face the horrors of war. As the film cuts back to the present, Louis Zamperini and his crewmates are captured by the Japanese and then sent to an island before being sent to a Prisoner-of-War camp (POW). He and his crewmates are physically and psychologically tortured, having been beaten and locked in a cave, yet remaining strong and having hope for a chance at survival. They are sent to the prisoner camp, where they are forced to live with a bunch of other American soldiers captured and tortured. Forced to endure the abuse and starvation, his fellow prisoners continue to stand strong, without complaint. Despite the cruelty they must face, Louis Zamperini and his crew find strength in each other, developing a family and a bond with each other. As time goes on, Louis Zamperini finds out that the Japanese leader at the Prisoner-of-War camp (POV) is transferring

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