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In the book Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand writes the story of Louie Zamperini. Throughout the book, Louie drastically changes his way of life because of his brother. After his brother's teachings and life lessons, Louie changed and became healthier and a better person.
In his youth, Louie was not very healthy. He often smoked and drank. He would lie to his closest about his daily problems. Later on, his brother got Louie into track, and he became very good at running. Louie made the olympic team for track, and represented the US in the olympics.
Louie went to fight WWII for US. He became a war survivor after he was captured and tortured.He also had a lot of dignity which helped him want more and want to survive. As written in the book “He could

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