Unbroken Book Review by Formy-Duval

MLA Citation
Formy-Duval, John. "Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand Book Review." Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

Rhetorical Prcis
In the article "Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand Book Review" written by Formy Duval it
tells on how well of a job that Laura Hillenbrand did on her story of Louie Zamperini. The
majority of the article tells on the perilous journey of surviving in World War 2. The review
captures Laura Hillenbrand engulfed the reader with a regular biography and how well it was
written. The tone of this article was stunned on what the author did with a biography and made
the story come to life.

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Say

Do

1-2

Tells of the way the

biography was told in a way
that draws the reader to the
text.

Adding Emphasis to how

great the biography was told.

Gives the major topics of the

book and how successful the
stories main character is.

Using Pathos to sway the

readers decision.
Summarizing the main topic
of the book.
Retelling the incredible story
of Louie Zamperini

4-5

Tells how Laura Hillenbrand

is extremely humble to the
struggles that POWs went
through.

6-7

Showing quickly how horrible

one man was to the POWs.
Tells on how Louie Zamperini
was successful and how
Laura Hillenbrand was
successful.

Showing that the author of

the review also understands
their struggle.
Giving the readers a full
synopsis of the book
Adding to the credibility of
Laura Hillenbrand
Shows that her primary
research tool was Louie
Zamperini

Believing

Doubting

The biography was extremely well written by

The author should be ashamed she did Louie

Laura Hillenbrand, she did an extraordinary

job with a regular biography and capturing
the reader's attention. The trials that
Zamperini went through and how well Laura
Hillenbrand made a biography. This author or
no one else could have done a better job.

Zamperini an injustice with his story. This

story did not come to light and the struggles
were not outlined well enough. A bunch of
mistakes were made with in the book and the
research she did outside of the 75 interviews
with Zamperini. The research was incorrect
next time a low level author attempts to right
an incredible story, please stop them