Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is an astonishing story that starts off with Louie Zamperini, an Olympian who bravely fights in World War II, when his plane crashes into the ocean and miraculously survives with 2 other people. When all hope was lost, they spotted land and paddled towards it. As they went closer, it turned out to be a Japanese ship. They were taken to a POW (Prisoners of War) camp and suffered tremendously by the hand of a man nicknamed “The Bird” and only survived by the grace of God. When the war was over and Louie went home, he suffered Post Traumatic Stress and flashbacks. He “resolved” it with drinking but sobered up when he found God. After that, he dedicated the rest of his life to God and helping others. Louie, the one who fought in the war, was starved, and beaten, was the one who outlived everyone, dieing in 2014 at the age of 97. His life was truly a miracle. …show more content…
In the beginning, he had a very athletic body, because he did nothing else but run and train for the Olympics. Rumor had it that his legs were insured for $50,000! He was 5ft 9 and had brown hair. When he went into the military and survived the crash, because of the lack of food, he was a rack of bones. When he was placed in POW camps, his physical strength took a drastic dive. When the men were rescued, they were “ghastly thin’ and “walking skeletons”. When he got home, he started to gain weight rapidly but it was mostly retained