UNBROKEN

ANALYSIS

• Louis Zamperini
• To tell a true story about a real hero
• Characterization - adversity, unbroken
• Theme - Human will to survive
• Intended Reader/writing style

BACKGROUND

• Poor italian immigrant family
• Troublemaker as a kid
• Invited to 1936 Olympics at 18
• Enlisted in air force 1938

MILITARY

• Bombadier in B-29
• Served on Hawaii
• Best shape of his life
• Close call on bombing mission
• Plane crashes on rescue mission

AFLOAT

• Lost at sea 46 days
• Louis, Phil, Mack
• Prays for first time
• Captured by Japanese ship

POW

• Brought through 3 camps
• Interrogated and picked on more
• Mutsushiro Watanabe "The Bird"
• Stayed in POW camp until end of war

RETURNING HOME

• Marries a year later
• PTSD and Alcoholism
• Finds God in 1948
• Forgives former captors

"A LIFETIME OF GLORY IS WORTH A MOMENT OF PAIN"

WORK CITED

• Hillenbrand, Laura. Unbroken. New York: Little Brown and, 2009. Print.