“Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand is a second world war tale of brutality, survival and redemption. Unbroken is a biography of World War II hero Louis Zamperini, a former Olympic track star who survived a plane crash in the Pacific theater, spent 47 days drifting on a raft, and then survived more than two and a half years as a prisoner of war in three brutal Japanese prisoner-of-war camps.

Here are my notebook pages and how I showed my thinking throughout taking notes.

My first central idea I came up with was A person’s childhood can affect one’s future. I came up with this after plotting out a storyline making my thoughts clear.

After reading through the crew surviving on the ocean after the crash, I came up with some more idea about the author’s message.

While reading, Louie’s personality really stood out to me. I flipped through my book trying to find the right words to describe him. I came up with this page after being impressed by his stubborn.

While preparing for our Town Hall conversation, I added on another theme for our argument.