Summary of Unbroken

Summary of Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand | Includes Analysis
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-Overview of the entire book
-Introduction to the characters in the book
-Summary and analysis of all the chapters in the book
-A Reader's Perspective
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Chapter 1
Louis was the son of Anthony and Louise Zamperini, Italian immigrants. He was one of those kids who got
into everything. He stole from everyone, but could always talk his way out of scrapes. The only thing that
scared him was flying. He once flew in an airplane and was so frightened by the altitude and speed that he
swore he would never have anything to do with them again. Louis was the exact opposite of his big brother Pete,
who was polite, hard-working, tall and handsome. Louis, their parents and their two little sisters idolized Pete. Louis,
meanwhile, was puny and bullied. One event changed Louis entire attitude when he was a teen. He saw how
eugenics, the practice of improving the quality of human genetics, almost left one neighborhood boy locked up in an
institution and sterilized. Louis knew he fit the profile of the kids the eugenicists were trying to eradicate and fought
to turn himself around to avoid the fate the other boy nearly faced. For this reason, he began giving away all
he stole and doing random acts of kindness for neighbors and his family...
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