Unbroken:

The book Unbroken by Laura  Hillenbrand reflects on the journey of Louie Zamperini’s influential life. Louie was the fastest man in state and became an Olympian, Louie was in his prime age. However, the deadliest war in history overturns the Life of Louie. Soon, Louie will face magnificent danger and will experience the greatest adventure of his life.

Central ideas:

1. Even in the hardest tines, there can be joy and relief.

2. The acts of resistance help you gain the knowledge of dignity, ambitions, and perseverance.

In humanities class, we learned how to identify central ideas. Throughout my book, I realized how much struggles Louie experienced his life. When he was young, he went through great depression and abuse, he was also a victim who had to face horrible tortures during WWII.

What really inspires me of Louie is his positive mindset and solutions he come up with in order to earn the joy and success he wants. From the information I earned from the book, I came up with a central idea that reflects on the dedication Louie puts into running in order to deserve accomplishments and joy. Another central idea is on the positive mindset and attitude Louie shows in harsh environments to not lose hope and dreams.

In humanities class, I learned to find key topics that really matters for Louie and how that can effect Louie in several different ways. Above in my “Cause + Effect” page, I’ve included important topics throughout the book and how that effects Louie’s life. In the book, there were topics such as

All three of the topics I’ve identified contributes in writing my central idea because it really emphasizes on hard work leads to the success you deserve and also how never losing hope even though you’re in a hard environment can give you the accomplishments you deserve.

During humanities class, we learned the meaning of descriptive passage and how words can be really impactful. For example, in the book unbroken, words like “bombing” give me the idea of damage, pain, and ruthless. Above, I’ve included some powerful words that were identified during reading the book and what meanings and impacts the word has.

After showing the relationship, I went back to my book to find 4 strong quotes that really support my descriptive passage. After finding 4 strong quotes, I was able to write a strong central idea on how war can bring huge damage and pain.

In humanities class, in order to make our central ideas more clear and strong, I learned how to research on the web useful questions such as how did WWII end for more clear and detailed informations that contributes and influences me to restate or add on to my central ideas.

Some of the information I earned from the web were the rescue in the ocean, the violence of Japanese, and how WWII ended. The questions I asked supported my central idea because I was able to use those information as to never losing hope and to stand strong for yourself no matter how much pain and damage others give you.