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Summary1 pages 1- 95

This book is focused around the life of an Italian named Louie Zamperini. The boy was very devilish and caused a lot of trouble at a young age. He grew up in a very poor family, with a brother Pete, and two sisters. Pete is a huge influence in Anthony’s life. He received tremendous grades and was a star on the track team. Anthony, who smoked and drank like a friend, was having a hard time figuring out what he was good at. He had abnormally large ears, which didn’t make him particularly attractive to the girls. His brother pushed him and made him an elite level miler. He trained and trained, and broke national records at the high school level. The ladies loved him and he thought he had found his talent in life. Anthony’s career continued to progress as a runner. He received a full ride to USC, but declined the offer temporarily to work with his dad. While working, Anthony had the 1936 Berlin Olympics on his mind, but he figured he wouldn’t have a  chance against greats like Glen Cunningham and Jesse Owens. He eventually accepted the full ride to USC to follow in his brother’s footsteps. He shattered national records, and eventually went on to go to the Olympics and finish seventh in the mile. He ran the fastest last lap in history, clocking in at fifty one seconds. From there, he eventually ended up getting drafted to serve in World War 2. Everybody knew that the world was verging on extreme chaos. During Zap’s training in Texas, he was informed that the Jap’s had bombed Pearl Harbor. Everybody was frantic, and the troops were rushed to Hawaii. They had experienced numerous training accidents, causing more deaths than the actual combat itself. Zapperini and his crew successfully bomb the Jap’s base at Wake, and fortunately did not injure any of the captives from the Pearl Harbor bombing. One of his friends, Redding, was able to survive with one of his legs torn off for eighteen hours in the water before a rescue team came and swooped him up.

I thought that this section of the book was a great way to start off the novel. I loved how the author gave tremendous amounts of background information about Louie and his situation, which made it a lot easier to understand how significant his transformation was. I found it unbelievable how fast he was able to run the mile after years of smoking and drinking. I also loved how the author stressed the importance of Pete in Louie’s life, which showed how important family was. I thought it was unbelievable how all of the men reacted to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It really showed me how vividly that image stuck in the veterans of the war head.

[|Historical- 1936 Berlin Olympics] Culture- relation between poverty and alcoholism


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Author background- was the other in poverty Historical- the way the draft was conducted [|] [|Historical- pearl harbor]

Summary- 95-190 The second section of the novel plays a crucial role in the overall plot. Phil and Louie get transferred to a different station just of the coast of Oahu in Hawaii. When he arrives at the new post, he gets confronted with a new air team, which isn’t the best thing for the group’s chemistry in the air. On their first flight, a non-combat one, they endured engine failure. The bird eventually went down and all the men died except Phil, Louie, and Mac, their new gunner. The men had to fight off sharks day after day and had a very limited amount of food. Eventually they were forced to start killing the sharks and eat their livers, the only edible parts. Eventually on the thirty third day, Mac dies in his sleep. He is wrapped and thrown in the ocean by Phil and Louie. A couple of days later, Phil and Louie are scooped up by a couple of Japanese. The island that they ended up going to turned out to be a living hell for the both of them. I really enjoyed this passage because it provided great suspense. It was really intense and entertaining, and really made me want to keep reading. I personally though that when the plane went down, it was just going to be Louie to survive the horrific crash. I couldn’t’ believe that Phil and Mac were able to survive the crash as well. I thought it was very sad, after all that time that Mac spent in the ocean, that he had to meet death just before the japaneese ships met them. I thought the fact that Phil and Louie were able to survive after virtually having no food was unbelievable. Historical time periods- lack of military preparedness [|Author background- airplane technology] Culture- military dedication to one another Japaneese Expanisonism policy Culture-horrors of the war Summary 3 This was an extremely loaded chapter of the book. In the beginning, Louie is placed in Kajewa, which is an island in which the Japanese officers can do whatever they want to the prisoners, no matter how brutal the treatment. Louie was forced to talk about what kind of planes that the green hornet and superman were. He was asked by the Japanese guards to describe all of the different components of the American operation. He was with his friends Philips, both of them were starving and desperately needed nourishment and rest. Finally, he and Phillips, to their surprise, were not executed. They were sent to to the imprisonment camp called Okau. Here, they were thought they would be protected by international law, but in fact they, they had none at all. During this time, both of the families were extremely worried about their sons. As far as they knew, they were dead. Louie’s brother and dad went as far as to try to sail around the Pacific Ocean until they found their loved one. Back at the camp, Louie, and his friends Harris, and Phillips were plotting to escape. Louie successfully stole maps from “The Quack”, and gave them to Harris.They had their escape in order when all of a sudden they found out that they were going to a different camp. They thought that maybe they would be able to escape once they reach the mainland of Japan. Unfortunately, that never happened. He starts to get beaten on a regular basis and realizes how difficult camp life is.

I really enjoyed this part of the book more so than any other parts. I thought it was really cool how this part of the book talked about how poorly the prisoners were treated in the camps. It talks about how he was beaten brutally for the smallest of infractions. The guards often pinned the inmates against each other for their own enjoyment, which I found to be terrible. They virtually dehumanized the prisoners of war. Louie said the loss of dignity was more crucial to his demise than the loss of food. I found this to be a very powerful statement, because it shows how the body is able endure a lot more when the will to live is still there.

Historical- the brutal way in which the prisoners were treated by the Japs Cultural- The isolationist policy by the Japaneese, which is why they can’t communicate with any non japs Author background- The way in which she emphasizes the importance of family and marital connections Historical- The way in which the Americans successfully took the Japanese islands Historical- Japan's win at all cost attitude

Journal part 4 pages 285-380Louie was freed and island hopped intil he finally reached home. Everything started out great. He went to Florida, and got engaged in just a two week period to a girl named Cynthia. He eventually married her. He started to drift into a very bad stage of alcoholism. He started to fade away from his family. <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Eventually, he got straightened out again and went back to Japan. <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">As the story comes to a close, Louie walks up and down the aisles of the prison, looking at the officers rot in their cells. <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">I found this to be an excellent ending to the book. <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">This last section of the book, as opposed to the previous other two sections, was much more uplifting and gave me a sense of hope. <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">I found the part when he came home to his family to be extremely interesting. <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">I really liked how they tracked the change in his personality over the time he was home. <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">At first I thought it was interesting that he started off acting like he had never even been in the war, but then as his time home increased, terrible memories of being beaten came back to him. <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">He started to remember how badly he felt in the camp. I thought it was astounding to realize how much the soldiers past experiences really affect them as they grow older. <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">My favorite part, however, was the ending, because it showed how happy he was to see his captors suffering the same fate that he was just a year ago. <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Historical- the sentencing of war criminals <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Culture- the birds lack of respect towards his prisoners <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">[|Historical- Dropping of atomic bomb] <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Historical- Author background- past experiences regarding her marriages <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">[|Historical- relationship with japan post bombing]