Essays on Unbroken

There is never a moment in life when adversity is absent, but the true test of resilience presents itself in times when the adversity seems completely grim and utterly unrelenting. In Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand describes the life experiences of Louis Zamperini, a formerly successful Olympic...

Humans are actually rubber bands when it is deeply thought about. Both are extremely resilient under stress, and can obtain their highest peaks after being stretched to their maximal limits. However, there is one thing that sets mankind apart from rubber bands, and from everything...

Unbroken: A World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption by Laura Hillenbrand is one of the most unusual battle stories of all. It is a book of hope for: a hell of a story in the grip of the one writer who can...

A highly competitive attitude is necessary for success. This has been exemplified throughout the American Revolution in which the American colonies’ persistence helped them defeat the British. Michael Jordan’s successful basketball career also demonstrates why ambition is needed for achieving success. Finally, Laura Hillenbrad’s award...

Have you ever been to the Olympics, personally met Adolf Hitler himself, joined the Army Air Force, and get stranded in the middle of the ocean only to be sent to a concentration camp after being found? A person who can say he has is...

Story Behind Unbroken The plot of Unbroken, a biography by Laura Hillenbrand, happens to be very straightforward regarding the sequence from Louis’ birth until the post war time frame. In the introductory chapters, Laura Hillenbrand introduces Louis Zamperini, the character and the hero of this...

Hillenbrand uses a metaphor when she refers to the B-24 bombers assigned to Louie’s crew as “The Flying Coffin”(Hillenbrand 56). The comparison of the bomber, something which is supposed to be made to be as safe as possible for the crew, and a coffin, which...

The world is strongly impacted by the thoughts, ideas, and imagination of the human race. People constantly wonder, dream, and think,while some have even tried to turn their ideas into reality. Because of this, many events have occurred that are now renowned as historical feats....

Stranded They’re stranded, exhausted, empty, and just want to go home. Welcome to the world war lives of soldiers Paul Baumer and Louie Zamperini. In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, Paul Baumer is a German soldier fighting for...