Theme:

War is destructive both physically and mentally. POWs are treated very badly during wartime, especially in Japan. Even though Louie will be scarred mentally and physically forever, he is one of the lucky ones. In the book, 36,000 American POWs were taken by Japanese forces, and 12,000 of them died, resulting in almost a 50% death rate. Not to mention the mental trauma of seeing friends die while being unable to do anything. In comparison, only 1.4% of Americans held by the German army were killed. This is a significant number of lost lives, which has a profound impact on families. Setting aside the differences, these are still lost lives, and the killing of unarmed POWs is a war crime that should be prosecuted.

One famous example is Fred, an American soldier whose entire leg was sawed off by Japanese torturers, even though only his ankle was injured. During this period, Louie also experienced short-term PTSD from the regular beatings inflicted by The Bird. He developed alcoholism, abusive behavior, and a plan to murder The Bird. On page 137, The Bird ordered the officers to clean the toilet, a particularly degrading task. Another example of the cruelty of Japanese guards occurs on page 142, where The Bird beat Louie twice on the same spot that was injured, resulting in Louie becoming deaf in his left ear. On page 152, The Bird kept some of the POWs’ letters for months without sending them, torturing the feelings of the POWs. On page 186, a recording triggered Louie, bringing back his nightmares and showing how traumatized he is.

This illustrates that war is extremely destructive to human life and mental health. It also highlights how inhumane the Imperial Japanese Army was in its treatment of POWs from allied nations.

Unbroken is the story of Louis Silvie Zamperini. He was made famous by competing in the 1936 Olympics. He later joined the Us Air Force, but during a rescue mission his aircraft suffered problems and crashed in the ocean where he was unsuccessfully rescued. He was reported as dead days after the crash. He survived the raft journey and landed in the Marshall Islands. He got captured by the Japanese Navy and sent to a POW camp. He was tortured by Multiple Japanese POW guards Including a crazy person that others called the Bird. The daily beatings were extremely harsh including clubbing and belts. Will he survive?

I feel ok for being a humanist, but I don’t really believe in humanities. but I think education is ok because I would not want a world of dumb people, also I believe in tolerence because I would not want to be killed for saying a little thing.  the interest in old ideas is quite good because you can learn what the old mans wise ideas. So over all I feel ok for the humanist I don’t disagree about it and I don’t really agree about it.