Unbroken has few characters but Laura Hillenbrand does an amazing job of letting you know so much about these characters. The main character Louie Zamperini is a thief as a young age, always manipulating people to get what he wants. He was always that kid that could take another punch and get right back up and take another one. For a few years he goes about his life living like that, his parents knew that he was a trouble maker but their best to try to fix him was not enough. Until his brother stepped in, because in the end his brother was the only one that truly cared enough to fix his brother. To fix his brother, they started running together, since Louie was a thief he was good at running and getting away from people. When Pete, Louie's brother, first saw Louie run, he knew that Louie had the ability to be great. Pete was a runner, he got a scholarship to USC for track. Louie started running every single day and eventually he broke many records and got his record down to a stunning 4.08.11 seconds which stunned me. (At that pace, that is basically 1.2 seconds around the Mason Track field and I've done track in the past and that is basically a full sprint around the track all 4 laps going all out). Louie meets many great people along his running journey and then he joins the Army. The book then goes through all of his World War II stories as a gunner and what is was like to be in a B-24 and how many of his friends were killed and it is truly an amazing book and has impacted me in many ways. Then at where i'm at in the book, his plane crashes. I'll leave it to your imagination to think about what happens after that.
This article describes how the man behind the legend unfortunately passed away last summer on July 2. Everyone who was around this man learned truly what it meant to be strong. It made them realize their problems are minuscule compared to what he lived through.
Unbroken is soon to be a major motion picture so check out the trailer below!
That sounds like a really good book! I thought your description was fantastic, and I could really picture this kid that you were describing. I liked how you shared a personal experience in order for people to better understand what you were talking about. Also, I thought the book sounded good becuase the kid underwent a major shift from being a thief to joining the Army.
Wow, that is a very good description of the main character Louie Zamperini. I also would enjoy the book, because I can relate to the main character since I am a runner too, just not that fast of course. Based on the description, and what you wrote, "Unbroken" seems like a really good book. I will look into it and hopefully read it in the future.
That sounds like a really good book! I thought your description was fantastic, and I could really picture this kid that you were describing. I liked how you shared a personal experience in order for people to better understand what you were talking about. Also, I thought the book sounded good becuase the kid underwent a major shift from being a thief to joining the Army.
ReplyDeleteWow, that is a very good description of the main character Louie Zamperini. I also would enjoy the book, because I can relate to the main character since I am a runner too, just not that fast of course. Based on the description, and what you wrote, "Unbroken" seems like a really good book. I will look into it and hopefully read it in the future.
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