Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand

Unbroken is a story of Louie Zamperini, an italian boy whose family immigrates to America. He grows up and learns more about him self: that he has a huge dream. He wants to make it in the Olympics for running. He doesn't know what distances he wants to run, or anything, but he almost makes it. He goes to the Olympics, but the book shifts focus from his dream of escaping his broken childhood of stealing, vandalism and running away. He gets drafted into the army, into the Air Force.
The book starts in a strange way. It is a true story, but it starts at the end. It starts by telling us how he dies; by rolling off his life raft into shark infested waters after days after they crash
landed. It was strange because it shifted from a story about a boy with an Olympic dream, to stories of friendship and perseverance in the war, but it all started with how he died. It seems that him dying is the main focus of the story, not all the lessons he learns leading up to it.
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  1. AnonymousApril 14, 2012 at 12:14 PM

    It seems like this book is a little bit confusing, since it starts out with how he dies. I'm wondering, did you like the book or was it just weird that the main focus was him dying instead of the lessons he learned throughout the book? It also seems like there is too many different themes in the book that don't really relate to each other, like the Olympics, war, and friendship. It sounds interesting how he dies at the beginning, but it could also be bad because it could pull the reader into thinking that is the main focus of the book.

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  2. AnonymousApril 23, 2012 at 12:04 PM

    This book sound really good, but I am confused about how it starts at the end of the book. I guess I have to read it to find out!

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