ipl-logo

Book Review: Louie

743 Words3 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: Essay on the war and the great gatsby

“From the moment he could walk, Louie couldn’t be corralled.” (6) Louie was a rebellious child and didn’t like being told what he could or couldn’t do. When Louie was a young boy he was known to be a troublemaker and very rebellious. As Louie got older his brother, Pete, helped him realized that he could do something great in his life and that there were many different contingencies if he only tried. Pete trained him as a runner because he knew that louie has prowess as a runner, and he after practicing throughout high school, he qualified for the Olympics. Due to World War 2, they were canceled, and Louie was drafted into the army and in preparation for war. When Louie was lost at sea for many weeks, after his plane descended into the ocean, …show more content…

One way his rebellion was shown was when the book said, “When a teacher stood Louie in the corner for spitballing, he deflated her car tires.” (9) This shows his rebellion because he was furious with the teacher for standing him in the corner and he felt the need to get back at her and so he deflated her car tires. Another way that the book shows that Louie is a rebellion is when the book states, “For weeks, they prepared. The plan was potentially suicidal, but the prospect of taking control of their fates was thrilling. Louie was filled with what he called ‘a fearful joy’” (168) Louie’s rebellion is shown here because he was willing to risk his life to get what he wanted, freedom, by going against the rules. A final way Louie was rebellious was when, “The guard jabbed him, and he straightened. He began to feel confused, the camp swimming around him. All he knew was a single thought: He cannot break me.” (213) It was his rebellion that got him through the entire day holding the log above his head, and the single thought he cannot break running through his head, he would not let the bird break him, he would not let the bird win. These were just three of the many ways Louie was rebellious throughout his journey shared in the book,

Show More
Related
666 Words | 3 Pages

This is the camp that he meets Mutsuhiro Watanabe, a.k.a. the bird, a monster that will haunt him for a large majority of his life, even after the war. “Down the line the corporal strode, pausing before each man, raking his eyes over him, and barking, “Name!” When he reached Louie, he stopped. Louie gave his name.

Read More
962 Words | 4 Pages

These​ ​traits​ ​help​ ​understand​ ​Louie​ ​because​ ​if​ ​you​ ​have read​ ​or seen​ ​the​ ​movie​ ​then​ ​you​ ​would​ ​know​ ​that​ ​Louie was​ ​always​ ​rebellious​ ​like​ ​when​ ​he​ ​went​ ​outside​ ​naked when​ ​sick,he​ ​was​ ​only​ ​two​ ​years​ ​old. He​ ​was​ ​always determined, when​ ​he​ ​was​ ​in​ ​the​ ​war​ ​he​ ​demanded​ ​the​ ​other P.O.W​ ​to​ ​hit​ ​him​ ​instead​ ​of​ ​someone​ ​else​ ​getting​ ​hurt. Louie​ ​Zamperini​ ​was​ ​and​ ​will​ ​always​ ​will​ ​be​ ​a​ ​hero​ ​to​ ​the prisoners​ ​of​ ​war​ ​in​ ​world​ ​war​ ​two. He​ ​had​ ​know​ ​that​ ​he​ ​had to​ ​stand​

Read More
681 Words | 3 Pages

Character Analysis of Louie Zamperini Louie's hope displaced, his fear and inspired himself to work toward his survival, and each success renewed their physical and emotion. Stranded in an ocean, tortured by Japanese. Louie’s life slowly turned around after the return from war. He has changed from a famous athlete to a alcoholic.

Read More
302 Words | 2 Pages

He was one of the best runners in all high schools in the US. He was tired of seeing Louie waste his life doing illegal things so he encouraged him to change. He’s the one who gave him the idea to join track and convinced him that he would train him to be the best. On chapter 3 page 25 when Louie lost his first race and told Pete he was giving up Pete told Louie; “you have one of two choices. Either keep going the way you’re going

Read More
482 Words | 2 Pages

Even though, everyone had heard of him, Louie was notorious for stealing (8-9). Because of his raucousness and heritage , Louie became a candidate for an increasingly popular procedure called eugenics. Page 12 explains that “eugenics was forced sterilization, a surgical procedure that rendered patients unable to have children.” The thought of being an ‘unfit’ member of society scarred Louie tremendously. After a failed runaway attempt “Louie went upstairs, dropped into bed, and whispered his surrender to Pete.

Read More
383 Words | 2 Pages

Unbroken centers around a soldier named Louie Zamperini. Louie is on the American side fighting for peace in the South Pacific against the Japanese during WW2. Louie was a lieutenant in the U.S Air Force ,and served as a crewmember on the Green Hornet(B-24) Louie functioned as a bombardier who took pride in his duty. He was a true patriot.

Read More
253 Words | 2 Pages

They began cheering for him and even named him the “Torrance Tornado”. Now “everyone talked about the Zamperini brothers Peter and Louis the athletes” (Benge 26). Louie was very surprised by societies reaction. He was used to people complaining

Read More
974 Words | 4 Pages

This causes the Olympics to be suspended. Louie becomes depressed because he is not sure what to do with his life now, so he enlists in the Army Air Corps in 1941. While in his military training, Louie becomes a very skilled bombardier. Louie changes his focus from running, to serving in the Army.

Read More
654 Words | 3 Pages

Louie stole things, running away hiding cigarettes and alcohol under bleachers and in a box that he kept in a brick house. “At five, he started smoking, picking up cigarette butts while walking to kindergarten” (5). This quote tells you how Louie was even a bad child in Kindergarten. No other child would pick up cigarettes while walking to school having everyone see how bad of a child they are. “He began drinking one night when he was eight: he hid under the dinner table, snatched glasses of wine, drank them all dry…,” (5).

Read More
1225 Words | 5 Pages

Training harder and harder, Louie earned a scholarship to USC. Where he trained even harder to achieve his goal of becoming an Olympic runner. In 1936 Louie finally made it; he

Read More
815 Words | 4 Pages

As he was serving the army in World War II, he was captured by the Japanese, and was sent to Ofuna, a POW camp. At this camp, he had to endure brutal torture for years. Louie was struggling with his physical and mental state at this camp, but he stayed true to himself, and was able to keep his dignity. At the POW camp, Louie was forced to race a Japanese runner. (Hillenbrand 151)

Read More
874 Words | 4 Pages

Louie started a camp for boys named “Victory Boys camp”. He would take boys who had been in prison or juvenile school and be a mentor and attempt to put them down the right path for their life. He also spoke of the free gift God gives to everyone of eternal life. “He went easy on Christianity, but laid it before them as an option. Some were convinced, some not, but either way, boys who arrived at Victory as ruffians often left it renewed and reformed.”

Read More
1691 Words | 7 Pages

He moved on from high school and set his eyes on the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Louie “lived and breathed the 1,500 meters and Berlin. ”(22) Louie couldn’t get into what he could do best which was the 1,500 meters because “he couldn’t force his body to improve quickly enough to catch his older rivals by summer. He was heartbroken.

Read More
763 Words | 4 Pages

Determination is something displayed by Louie Zamperini all throughout the novel, from his career as an athlete to his journey in the Japanese prison camps. One part in this book where Louie shows he is determined is when he strives to go to the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Instead of trying out for the mile event, he starts training

Read More
806 Words | 4 Pages

When World War II started, he stopped his running career to join the army. He was very courageous to leave his family, his friends, and his running behind to serve in the military. Louis has survived many war battles and was good at doing it, so they called him back on another tour, but this time a tragedy happened. Louie's plane crashed and never made it to war. He survived because he landed in the middle of the Pacific Ocean stranded with just a raft.

Read More

More about Book Review: Louie

Related Topics

Open Document