“As of January, 1953, one third of Pacific POWs were categorised as 50 to 100 percent disabled, nearly 8 years after the war’s end.” (Hillbrand 355). Unbroken written by Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of Louis Zamperini. Louie was a bad, stubborn child through his childhood. He had stolen, smoked, and drank. In high school he became a runner because the applause was intoxicating. He was an Olympian in young adulthood, then he was sent to the Army. Louie's plane The Green Hornet crashed then he was stranded after that he was a POW in japan he suffered a lot then he found god and then learned to forgive his captors. By showing us his time as a POW lara hillbrand showed us how Louie's suffering led to him finding god. Louie was abused and