Andreatt Zamperini Characteristics

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Louie Zamperini World War II Vet How many people did Japan kill in world war two, Japan killed approximately six million people for just one war. Well Louie’s life was pretty bad as a youngster do to the fact that he was always picking fights or stealing something and hiding it. As he got older he had help from his brother that would put him on the track for fame and Louie would try to make something good come out of it. As world war two had ended he took a spiral down, from being in the prison with the bird and started drinking, but then he remembered his time on the raft, that had made him see how different the world could be, and how glorious it was. Since determined and daring were some of Louie Zamperini’s most distinguishable traits that he had from the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, these traits were throughout all of his life and were in most things he did as well. …show more content…

On the day of the Officer's dance on Hawaii Louie says he was “dancing near the Lieutenant, dropping flour down his collar with each pass” (pg. 63). This means that he was willing to annoy a higher ranking officer to get back at him even with repercussions that would get him in trouble. On Kwajalein the prison camp he says he was “Told to draw the radar system, Louie drew an imaginary system” (pg. 141). This shows us that he was willing to help his country out even though he could have been killed for what he draw to save American communications. At Naoetsu coal prison camp he says “the camp swimming around him. All he new was a single thought: He cannot break me” (pg. 213). This demonstrates that he was willing to prove that the Bird wouldn’t humiliate him even if it meant that he would tormented for it. These are some reasons why daring is one of Louie’s best traits and why it is one of the most complicated ones he

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