Unbroken Book Review

Mac died on day 33. He was considered a huge liability right after their aircraft crashed. How was Mac able to redeem himself before he died?

• He apologized for eating all the chocolate and begged for forgiveness of his sins

• Mac clubbed a shark that was trying to attack Louie

• Mac gave his leftover water to Phil and Louie

• He gave Louie his life vest

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How long were Louie and Phil drifting at sea? Who found them?

• 33 days, then the raft washed ashore a Japanese occupied island

• 37 days, then a Japanese family on the beach pulled the raft to land

• 47 days, then the men were taken onto a Japanese ship

• 52 days, then the men were taken to Kwajalein

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Describe a typical day in the life of a POW at Ofuna. Pick all that apply.

• POWs were forced to work in fields, picking crops and tending to animals

• POWs had to count off and bow toward  the palace of Emperor Hirohito

• Captives had to wash the barracks floors, exercise until they collapsed, and be interrogated

• Captives sat in isolation for a majority of the day, rarely being let out of their cells

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Explain Japan’s “kill-all” rule.

• All citizens on the island of Patawan are to be killed immediately

• All POWs who refused to provide military secrets to the Japanese were ordered to be gassed to death

• All Chinese citizens captured by Japan were to be taken onto a ship and left at sea to die

• If Allied advances made the rescue of POWs possible, then all POWs will be executed

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Describe Mutsuhiro Watanabe (The Bird). pick all that apply.

• Grew up in a wealthy family and attended college

• Applied to be a soldier, but was rejected and forced to be a guard

• Was a kind and caring person

• Was abused as a child which is why he tortured POWs so brutally

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How did Mutsuhiro Watanabe treat the prisoners?

• Watanabe would make the POWs take part in very hard labor, such as farming and milling wood

• He would burn their skin with gasoline and matches

• Watanabe would beat the POWs brutally on a daily basis; whip them with belt buckles, jab and hit them with his kendo stick

• He would give them coal to eat and rice water to drink

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What two things separated Watanabe from other war criminals?

• Watanabe was unintelligent, but followed the rules given to him by his superiors

• Watanabe has a strong love of emotional torture and was very inconsistent in his treatment of POWs

• Watanabe was a natural born leader with innovative ideas, which he allowed other guards to carry out

• Watanabe was overqualified for his position as a POW guard, but volunteered to work at a prison camp so he could carry out the kill-all rule

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Louie finally realizes why he was tortured almost to death but was always kept alive. What was Japan’s plan?

• The Japanese wanted to kill Louie with the rest of the captains and officers

• The Japanese wanted to use Louie as propaganda by providing messages to America and its troops

• The Japanese planned to keep Louie under Watanabe’s watch

• The Japanese wanted to use Louie as an example to other POWs as to what would happen if one did not follow or abide by the camp rules

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Even though the POWs know that America is closing in on Japan, why are they still worried about surviving?

• All the guards are unpredictable and could end up beating the POWs to death

• The POWs kept hearing rumors that they would all be killed on August 22nd

• They are losing the will to live and have considered giving into the beatings and dying

• The guards were making them work 15-18 hours a day for less than half the rations they were originally receiving. Many POWs didn’t think they would make it to the end of the war.

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When Louie is about to get expelled from school who prevents this from happening?

• Phil

• Pete

• The Bird

• Mac

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