This is a resource page for Schreiner University's 2015-2016 Big Idea based around the novel/movie Unbroken. Please see the individual pages of resources (above) based on the various themes from the novel/movie.
Logan Library has four copies of the book available for check out. The call number is D805.J3 Z364.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption is the story of Louie Zamperini, a juvenile delinquent who, after running in the Berlin Olympics, was drafted into the army. After his plane went down in the Pacific Ocean, he spent three years in a Japanese POW camp. He endured terrible suffering and struggled for years trying to deal with his experiences. He eventually found his own sense of peace.
Links to more descriptions and reviews:
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption was selected as the Common Read for the 2015-2016 Academic Year.
Please join us for the following opportunity to discuss Unbroken:
Japanese Prisoner of War Camps
In this 1942 file photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, Japanese soldiers stand guard over American prisoners of war just before the start of the Bataan Death March following the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Some of those who survived the death march were later forced to work for Japanese industry
Japan's Mitsubishi Apologizes For Using U.S. POWs As Forced Labor In WWI
