• What clues did the author use to help you predict what was going to happen later?
• What were some of the events that created conflict in the story?
• Would you like to read more books by this author? Why or why not?
My favorite quote is “A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain”(Hillenbrand 36). I like this quote becaue for sports and running especially it gives a different persepct on running or something that tires you. Another powerful quote is “He felt as if he would faint, but it wasn’t from exertion. It was from the realization of what he was”(Hillenbrand 19). I like this quote because it represents a turning point in Louise life.
The author made some very obvious clues to help predict what will happepn later. First off, the cover says “An Olympian’s journey from Airman to castaway to captive”(Hillenbrand Front Cover). The book is also divided into three parts so we can assume that for each part it is about his journey variation. There are also some quotes that have foreshadowing such as “One day, this information would be very important”(Hillenbrand 63). This is about how the planes and equipment were made of plywood to fool the Japense.
There were many events that created conflict. But there is a major one which is when the Japense attacked Pearl Harbor. This changed everything. Lousie was in the military so he didn’t have any time to run. He was a pilot and at this time the Planes were not safe at all so every time he did his duty there was a great risk of death. This is not a very personal conflict between Louse and another person but more of a massive conflict between his country and another.
I really like Laura Hillenbrand’s writing. It is very descriptive and fast paced. But it really depends on the plot, I really like the plot of Unbroken becaues it is about war and sports. She does have other books like Unbroken(non-ficition fast paced) like Seabiscity a story about a race horse. Im sure it is a great book but I personally do not want to read because that does not perk my interest
I think that Hudson chose a very good quote. This quote also relates to me beacuse we all play a lot of sports and we all work very hard. Hudson made another good point about how the three part have to do with (airman to castaway to captive.). The last thing is that I agree with is Laura Hillenbrand´s writing and how it is fast paced and action packed.
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