In the novel “Unbroken Vanity,” the main character, Louie, demonstrated several survival skills. Out of the “12 Rules of Survival” by Gonzales, there are six rules that Louie showed. The six rules are “Stay Calm,” “Be A Rescuer, Not A Victim,” “Enjoy the Survival Journey,” “Do Whatever Is Necessary,” “Believe that You Will Succeed”, and “Never Give Up.” The first survival rule is “Stay Calm.” Louie displays this rule during the time on the raft and the time in the Japanese Camp. On the raft, Louie had several opportunities to upset or lose his temper, but he choose to stay calm. For example in the novel when Mac ate all of the chocolate in one night, instead of Louie hitting or “going off” on Mac he remained calm. While on his stay at the prison camp, Louie not only stayed calm, but also used his angry and hurt …show more content…
On the raft, Louie had to keep his mind on rescuing himself, Phil, and Mac rather than deciding to just be the victim of the situation. Since he decided to be the rescuer, he actually rescued himself. “Enjoy the Survival Journey” is the third rule. During their journey it was important to enjoy the time of their travel. Louie enjoys his voyage by singing and telling stories. By singing and telling stories or jokes he is forming a way of survival. The fourth rule is “Do Whatever Is Necessary.” Louie actually made safrices. He threw himself in the ocean we sharks and pushed the rafts. Also he nurtured Phil back to health. The did everything in his power to keep the men physically and mentally healthy. The second to last rule is “Believe That You Will Succeed.” Even though the odds were not in Louie’s favor, he kept believing. Survival is a mind game not just a physical game. If he would of stop believing he would of died on the raft. He did not stop believing after the beating nor the race nor the hard labor. Because he believed in the success, he
All the Pretty Horses involves many interesting characters in its story. Most of the characters are believable in this story. Many are flat and static with a few being round and dynamic. The characters are complex, with their own histories and personalities driving their actions. There are many minor characters in the story that do not really have any purpose than helping to move the plot along. There aren’t many characters with considerable roles. The protagonist is John Grady Cole and the antagonists are the captain, Jimmy Blevins, and Alejandra’s aunt. The main character is John Grady Cole, a round and dynamic character. He is revealed in the beginning of the story. He is a 16 year old boy and can be described as quiet, serious,
In the novel, Lord of the Flies, The boys have just landed on the island are have gathered together. They talk about what they need to survive and how they will be rescued, when the meeting comes to an end Ralph mentions that, “there’s another thing. [They] can help them find [them]. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice [them]. So [they] must make smoke on top of the mountain. [They] must make a fire” (Golding 38). In the quote, the first assembly is happening right after the crash. They all group together and decide what their priorities are so they can get rescued. They all decided that they need fire, shelters, and food. It is in this very quote that survival is what drives one’s decisions because even after a plane crash, the surviving boys gather up and decide what they need to survive with. No matter what has happened, they all had the will to overpower the traumatic experience and decide and act upon their decisions. Along the same lines, in the movie, Castaway, Chuck Noland also demonstrates that survival is what influence one’s decisions. In movie Castaway, Chuck is seen doing many things that show how the will to survive impacts his decisions and actions. This is demonstrated when it is his first few days on the island, he
In the Lilies of the Field by William E. Barrett, Homer and Mother Maria both display straightforward, hardworking, and stubborn character traits. Firstly, Homer and Mother Maria both display a straightforward personality by being brutally honest about their opinions. For example, when Mother Maria asks Homer to build a chapel, Homer speaks his mind by telling her he does not want to build it. Mother Maria shows her straightforward behavior during Homer’s stay at the convent. One morning, when Homer sleeps in late, Mother to becomes extremely upset and is not afraid to show how she feels about him. Secondly, both Homer and Mother Maria display a hardworking spirit. Homer is a hardworking man because after finally agreeing to build the chapel,
Laura Hillenbrand’s novel Unbroken incorporates the improbable life of the main character, Louie Zamperini. She introduces both the inspiring and powerful journey that Louie encounters in his life as he grows up. Hillenbrand looks to and successfully does catch the versatility of the human soul. Zamperini’s story including his involvement in World War II gives a persuasive stage in which the author demonstrates numerous qualities of Louie. Leaving readers to appreciate his courage, quality, grit and above all else, his bravery. “Confident that he was clever resourceful, and bold enough to escape any predicament, [Louie] was almost incapable of discouragement. When history carried him into war, this resilient optimism would define him.” Louie
In Frank Beddors, “The Looking Glass Wars” a lot of things happen that are bad. There are lots of good things too. The story is about the “Myth” of Alice Liddell stepping through a looking glass into Wonderland. The topic of this essay is the Truth of the story. The purpose of this paper is how Loyal or devoted some people are to white imagination
In the story, A Long Walk to Waters, written by Linda Sue Park, the readers are introduced to many different individuals that were able to survive challenging environments. Those individuals used those factors, perseverance, cooperation, and independence. Those factors have allowed individuals to make it past through the harsh environments throughout their journey. Perseverance shows how those individuals kept on going without giving up. Meanwhile, cooperation represents how struggling individuals are able to work together in order to achieve their goal. Last but not least independence shows how individuals can conquer a hurdle by him or herself.
In the novel Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand uses both internal and external conflict to show the theme people can stand up against enemies even when the odds seemed stacked up against them. Whether it be simply defending himself or lying, Louie found a way to get through prison camp alive. After the war, this left him leaving the camp feeling euphoric. Louie’s experiences really show that no matter what situation someone is in, they can stand
Injuring his ankle again during training for the 1948 Olympics, ruining his chances of racing, had been the last straw for Louie and he turned to drinking. The nightmares of “the Bird”, his captor and main source of abuse as a POW, had gotten so bad where he reached the point of hurting others in his sleep and in flashbacks. His motivation to get a job and stop drinking were virtually nonexistent, until his wife, Cynthia, and some friends relentlessly encouraged him to go to a sermon by a man named Billy Graham. For Louie, reuniting with God had helped him turn his life around. Others may have to take a different route, but there is always something that can help pull people out of their anguish. Bad times don’t last forever, it just takes some patience, optimism, hope, and determination to get through them. Making peace with what happened to him helped Louie’s nightmares to cease and allowed him to visit Japan, offering forgiveness to those that mistreated him. Displaying self-discipline to change, as well as the pure, liberating act of forgiving others, is something anyone is capable of; Louie’s portrayal of this proves his much deserved status as a role
Christopher Johnson McCandless, the main character in the book “Into the Wild,” had made a lot of friends even though he did not like people. Wayne Westerberg was one of Chris’s friends who he met in a bar. Chris also befriended a girl named Jan Burre. Another person who befriended Chris was a guy named Ronald Franz,
Julius Caesar is mentioned throughout the book, A Long Way Gone, many times. In A Long Way Gone, Ishmael would be reading Julius Caesar or a soldier would be reciting some of the speeches in the play. In Chapter 12 of A Long Way Gone, Ishmael is called over to talk with Lieutenant Jabati. Then, Lieutenant Jabati showed Ishmael the book he was reading, which was Julius Caesar, and asked Ishmael if he had ever heard of the book. Ishmael had read the book in school, and began to recite a speech from the book. After this happened, Lieutenant Jabati and Corporal Gadafi used emotional arguments to motivate the people in the village to stay there and support the military. Also, Lieutenant showed all the people in the village dead bodies to help
The Chosen by Chaim Potok is a phenomenal novel about two Jewish boys who live in two very discrepant worlds because of the impressions of their fathers.The Hasidic Rabbi, Reb Saunders wants his son, Danny Saunders, to perdure the family legacy and become a Rabbi. Mr. Malter, Reuven’s father, is an Orthodox Jew who is easy going about what he wants his son to do. Throughout the book, both Reuven and Danny face problems and sufferings that helped them both to become stronger and get through the hard times they faced.
It is culturally expected that as a human being’s age increases, so does the amount of control they have over their own lives. However, when adolescents are allowed to have too little or too little great amount during their formative years, it can adversely affect their decision making process. In The Walls Around Us, Nova Ren Suma crafted young adult characters who, due to either having not enough or too much control over their own lives, react violently when placed in stressful situations.
Louie Zamperini has several traits, one of them are optimistic. “Confident that he was clever and bold enough to escape anything, he was almost incapable of discouragement.” (9) Louie was young, flagrant. He thought he was incapable of discouragement and his greatest fear became legend. Accordingly, to this character trait he was confident
Even being fully aware of the certain outcome, he still does absolutely everything he can to save everybody he can before himself. With every person he saved, he was slowly getting closer to dying, “he watched everything in the world move away from him, and he deliberately let it happen.” The man in the water did not get discouraged in the way that most would if they knew they were going to die. He took on the impossible challenge of saving those people, and although in some ways he lost, he also won in an even bigger way. He could have chosen to save himself, but instead he chose the other people. He chose selfless over selfish, he proved that human nature has the capacity to be completely and utterly selfless rather than caring for themselves more than everything
Louie’s rebellion not only hurt him, but also helped him on his journey. He drank his parent’s wine at the age of 8, which is an act of rebellion. “He began drinking one night when he was eight; he hid under the kitchen table, snatched glasses of wine, drank them dry, staggered right off the front porch, and fell into a rose bush.”(7) Louie did a lot things that got him hurt. He let kids in through the back of the gym into the basketball games. “Finally, someone discovered Louie sneaking kids in the back door.”(13) His rebellious side got to him and when he got to Torrance High he was seen more as a dangerous young man than a rebellious teen. In one of the multiple POW camps Louie was in, he had gotten a journal. “Louie had another private act of rebellion. A captive gave him a tiny book he’d made from rice paste flattened into pages.”(155) In this book he knew shouldn’t have