Unbroken Book Review Essay

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The book I read for my nonfiction novel for this semester is Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption written by Laura Hillenbrand. When going through the New York Times Bestsellers to find book of my choice, Unbroken was one of the few that had caught my attention since I had been learning about WWII in history class around the same period of time and after reading the summary, I just knew I had to read it. The book is about Louis Zamperini’s life from his birth and upbringing to his remarkable career as an Olympic track star, to his time spent as a bombardier in WWII and as a Pacific POW (Prisoners of War), and through his long recovery back home in Southern California. The novel Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption was written to inform readers about the preservation of …show more content…

When he was a troubled teen, Louis’s life took a significant and positive turn when his brother Pete believed that he could accomplish something in life. Louis had to accept this belief in himself as well, otherwise he wouldn’t have depended on Pete to help guide him. This is was what caused Louis to excel in running. His reputation shifted dramatically, and he constantly focused on how he could improve. After the war, Louis’s life was covered in darkness and self-destruction. Louis’s presence at Billy Graham’s speaking engagements, made him accept his belief in God. “He was not the worthless, broken, forsaken man that the Bird had striven to make him. In a single, silent moment, his rage, his fear, his humiliation and helplessness, had fallen away. That morning, he believed, he was a new creation” (Hillenbrand 376). Another important reason as to the making of the Unbroken, learn that through faith, anybody is able to bring themselves back up to their feet no matter how gruesome the situation is; as long as you believe, that’s all that

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