Breaking Down Unbroken

 Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand tells the life story of Louie Zamperini, an Olympic runner and military aviator during World War II, and his experience surviving life on a raft and years of horrific abuse as a prisoner of war (POW) in Japan. Themes the novel hints at include that forgiveness often lastingly changes your perception of life, while revenge feels validated solely at that moment. 

The book is a fascinating and influential literary non-fiction-take to a Louie Zamperini obituary that I recommend to all readers. From the iconic quotes of the literature(such as “a lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain” and “dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen”) to the thrilling stylistic writing of Laura Hillenbrand, the read is a reading pleasure to its core. Despite the reading, the novel in itself delivers influential themes. Particularly in non-fiction, readers are heavily encouraged to apply the morals of the book to their life, as they believe that it is a realistic approach to their personal life. 

I prejudiced non-fiction. The sound of statistics, graphs, and diagrams weren’t appealing to me. However, this unit was surprisingly enjoyable to learn and go through. I discovered the joy of non-fiction, the combination of narrative and factual areas of the book made it fun to read. Speaking of the matter, I learned about how narrative and information parts seamlessly blend, correlate, differentiate, and strategies to recognise them. It was interesting to identify how literary non-fiction authors combine informational areas of the book and, in my opinion, the fun narrative sections.