Unbroken By: Laura Hillenbrand
This historical book about WWII shows so many point-of-views from this time period that if not for this book and some other biography's or autobiography's it would not be told books like; Night By: Elie Wiesel or Anne Frank's Diary By: Anne Frank, and even though it is not a nonfiction book The Book Thief By: Markus Zusak. While those show the Holocaust, Unbroken shows the American vs. Japan side of the war.
When Louis Zamperini an American runner becomes an American Pilot for WWII his whole world flips upside-down. He lives through insurmountable odds, and faces many challenges many of us will never have to face in our daily lives including food shortage, discrimination, abuse, and even the idea of accepting death. One of the main concepts of the book is the idea once you loose your dignity you have no reason to live as shown in this quote from the book: “Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man's soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it.” As Louis struggles to survive he becomes attached to this notion believing dignity is everything.
This as many know became a movie I haven't seen it yet so if you go see it and it is terrible don't blame me blame Angelina Jolie, and another hint you should have read the book. here is a link to the trailer below.
This as many know became a movie I haven't seen it yet so if you go see it and it is terrible don't blame me blame Angelina Jolie, and another hint you should have read the book. here is a link to the trailer below.
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