My group is reading "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" by Laura Hillenbrand. So far, within the first 100 pages, I am invested in this character and want to see where he will go next. After Louis Zamperini's explosive career into an Olympic runner, he is now en route to war, a war I'm sure he doesn't realize will change the world forever. When he is at the Olympics in Germany, he actually meets Hitler and shakes his hand. Hitler is impressed with his running skills and tells Louis this. Knowing what I know now about WWII and knowing Hitler's crucial role, it was interesting to see how he was viewed before his true efforts and intentions for Germany and the Jewish community are revealed. To Louis, he was just a leader of a country, one that he saw everyone obeying diligently.
I can see how this story will end up being a story of survival because Louis has already survived so much even before he was drafted into the military. Racial differences kept him an outcast, as well as his behavior. His vigorous training to make it to the Olympics was full of failures and disheartening events. But through it all he become an over comer.
So far I am enjoying this book and am very interested to see what happens next.
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