In the beginning of the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, we follow young Louie. Louie as a young child adventurous, and bullied. Stalked by his peers, they catch him, beating him till someone steps in for Louie, this is his life. His brother bounds forward to help Louie, and Pete transforms Louie into an international track star. Louie races past his opponents with glee, running in the Olympic arena. As a war sparked with Japan, Louie joined the air force. Peering down on the ocean while they hurtled down to its open arms, and they dove racing further into the deep waters. He springs up toward the shimmering daylight, breaking through the waters surface, and he continues looking for his survivors. With two other survivors they fight vicious …show more content…
For example, once the U.S. government had declared Louie dead, they went through Louie’s belongings. She said that they had confiscated several pictures that compromised crucial information that the japanese could use against them like their location on the island. I would like to question would they return this to his family after the war was over. Also would this change if Louis didn’t return after the war was won. Another question I have for Laura Hillenbrand. My question for Mrs. Hillenbrand would be, these sharks only attacked during the day when they were awake, and usually when they were doing something that could already were in danger. Would the sharks just attack during hard times, or would the sharks be attacking whenever? If the sharks did attack all the time, then would that mean you wrote it that way, or did Louie tell you the exagerated one. I am questioning this because in your book it seems like the sharks only attacked when they were in danger. I just wonder why the sharks would act so generous by saving them so much energy. In addition, in the last pages, after the story had been closed on Louie, she said that this was easier to write about than her previous story “Secretariat”. To the author, why would this be easier. I have read both of the stories she has written, and the hardships of Louie would be heart wrenching to write about, it was hard enough …show more content…
Louie does minor crimes, yet these crimes could kill him. Even though the crimes could kill Louie he does it to keep up his dignity, and make him feel more whole. In the movie The Shawshank Redemption Andy and the rest of the inmates create a black market. This black market makes the prisoners feel like they are in the real world. This means that they do more to be whole and feel like they are normal, than to be good and follow the rules of the corrupt prison. Louie and Andy are very similar, they were innocent people. Louie was simply caught in a raft and turned into a prisoner to be beaten, and Andy was a man framed for a violent crime against his wife and her lover. They were both punished and dealt with many hardships throughout their lives. Andy however, managed to escape from the prison, and while he did he also brought down the people who had crossed him. Louie had no chance of escaping and yet in a way he got back at the people who crossed him. He crossed them by simply forgiving them. The men who crossed Louie were all captured and imprisoned for their crimes against prisoners of war, all except the most cruel captor whose nickname was