Unbroken_JJ :_: A_AT1 World_NN1 War_NN1 II_MC Story_NN1 of_IO Survival_NN1 ,_, Resilience_NP1 ,_, and_CC Redemption_NN1 IN_II THE_AT PREDAWN_NN1 DARKNESS_NN1 OF_IO AUGUST_NPM1 26_MC ,_, I_ZZ1 929_MC ,_, IN_II THE_AT back_NN1 bedroom_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 small_JJ house_NN1 in_II Torrance_NP1 ,_, California_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 twelve-year-old_JJ boy_NN1 sat_VVD up_RP in_II bed_NN1 ,_, listening_VVG ._. 
There_EX was_VBDZ a_AT1 sound_NN1 coming_VVG from_II outside_RL ,_, growing_VVG ever_RR louder_JJR ._. 
It_PPH1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 huge_JJ ,_, heavy_JJ rush_NN1 ,_, suggesting_VVG immensity_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 great_JJ parting_NN1 of_IO air_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 was_VBDZ coming_VVG from_II directly_RR above_II the_AT house_NN1 ._. 
The_AT boy_NN1 swung_VVD his_APPGE legs_NN2 off_II his_APPGE bed_NN1 ,_, raced_VVN down_II the_AT stairs_NN2 ,_, slapped_VVD open_RR the_AT back_NN1 door_NN1 ,_, and_CC loped_VVN onto_II the_AT grass_NN1 ._. 
The_AT yard_NN1 was_VBDZ otherworldly_JJ ,_, smothered_VVN in_II unnatural_JJ darkness_NN1 ,_, shivering_VVG with_IW sound_NN1 ._. 
The_AT boy_NN1 stood_VVD on_II the_AT lawn_NN1 beside_II his_APPGE older_JJR brother_NN1 ,_, head_NN1 thrown_VVN back_RP ,_, spellbound_JJ ._. 
The_AT sky_NN1 had_VHD disappeared_VVN ._. 
An_AT1 object_NN1 that_CST he_PPHS1 could_VM see_VVI only_RR in_II silhouette_NN1 ,_, reaching_VVG across_II a_AT1 massive_JJ arc_NN1 of_IO space_NN1 ,_, was_VBDZ suspended_VVN low_JJ in_II the_AT air_NN1 over_II the_AT house_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 was_VBDZ longer_RRR than_CSN two_MC and_CC a_AT1 half_NN1 football_NN1 fields_NN2 and_CC as_RG tall_JJ as_CSA a_AT1 city_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 was_VBDZ putting_VVG our_APPGE the_AT stars_NN2 ._. 
What_DDQ he_PPHS1 saw_VVD was_VBDZ the_AT German_JJ dirigible_JJ Graf_NP1 Zeppelin_NP1 ._. 
At_II nearly_RR 800_MC feet_NN2 long_JJ and_CC 11o_FO feet_NN2 high_RR ,_, it_PPH1 was_VBDZ the_AT largest_JJT flying_JJ machine_NN1 ever_RR crafted_VVD ._. 
More_RGR luxurious_JJ than_CSN the_AT finest_JJT airplane_NN1 ,_, gliding_VVG effortlessly_RR over_II huge_JJ distances_NN2 ,_, built_VVN on_II a_AT1 scale_NN1 that_CST left_JJ spectators_NN2 gasping_VVG ,_, it_PPH1 was_VBDZ ,_, in_II the_AT summer_NNT1 of_IO '29_MC ,_, the_AT wonder_NN1 of_IO the_AT world_NN1 ._. 
The_AT airship_NN1 was_VBDZ three_MC days_NNT2 from_II completing_VVG a_AT1 sensational_JJ fear_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 bed_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 rose_VVD at_II two-thirty_MC to_TO run_VVI a_AT1 three-hour_JJ paper_NN1 route_NN1 ,_, and_CC deposited_VVD all_DB his_APPGE earnings_NN2 in_II the_AT bank_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ would_VM swallow_VVI every_AT1 penny_NNU1 when_RRQ the_AT Depression_NN1 hit_VVD ._. 
He_PPHS1 had_VHD a_AT1 lovely_JJ singing_NN1 voice_NN1 and_CC a_AT1 gallant_JJ habit_NN1 of_IO carrying_VVG pins_NN2 in_II his_APPGE pant_NN1 cuffs_NN2 ,_, in_CS21 case_CS22 his_APPGE dance_NN1 partner_NN1 's_GE dress_NN1 strap_NN1 failed_VVD ._. 
He_PPHS1 once_RR saved_VVD a_AT1 girl_NN1 from_II drowning_NN1 ._. 
Pete_NP1 radiated_VVD a_AT1 gentle_JJ but_CCB impressive_JJ authority_NN1 that_CST led_VVD everyone_PN1 he_PPHS1 met_VVD ,_, even_RR adults_NN2 ,_, to_TO be_VBI swayed_VVN by_II his_APPGE opinion_NN1 ._. 
Even_RR Louie_NP1 ,_, who_PNQS made_VVD a_AT1 religion_NN1 out_II21 of_II22 heeding_VVG no_PN121 one_PN122 ,_, did_VDD as_II Pete_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
Louie_NP1 idolized_VVD Pete_NP1 ,_, who_PNQS watched_VVD over_II him_PPHO1 and_CC their_APPGE younger_JJR sisters_NN2 ,_, Sylvia_NP1 and_CC Virginia_NP1 ,_, with_IW paternal_JJ protectiveness_NN1 ._. 
Bur_FU Louie_NP1 was_VBDZ eclipsed_VVN ,_, and_CC he_PPHS1 never_RR heard_VVD the_AT end_NN1 of_IO it_PPH1 ._. 
Sylvia_NN1 would_VM recall_VVI her_APPGE mother_NN1 tearfully_RR telling_VVG Louie_NP1 how_RRQ she_PPHS1 wished_VVD he_PPHS1 could_VM be_VBI more_RRR like_II Pete_NP1 ._. 
What_DDQ made_VVD it_PPH1 more_RGR galling_JJ was_VBDZ that_CST Pete_NP1 's_GE reputation_NN1 was_VBDZ part_NN1 myth_NN1 ._. 
Though_CS Pete_NP1 earned_VVD grades_NN2 little_RR better_RRR than_CSN Louie_NP1 's_GE failing_JJ ones_NN2 ,_, his_APPGE principal_NN1 assumed_VVD that_CST he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 straight-A_JJ student_NN1 ._. 
On_II the_AT night_NNT1 of_IO Torrance_NP1 's_GE church_NN1 bell_NN1 miracle_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 well-directed_JJ flashlight_NN1 would_VM have_VHI revealed_VVN Pete_NP1 's_GE legs_NN2 dangling_VVG from_II the_AT tree_NN1 alongside_II Louie_NP1 's_GE ._. 
And_CC Louie_NP1 was_VBDZ n't_XX always_RR the_AT only_JJ Zamperini_JJ boy_NN1 who_PNQS could_VM be_VBI seen_VVN sprinting_VVG down_RP the_AT alley_NN1 with_IW food_NN1 that_CST had_VHD lately_RR belonged_VVN to_II the_AT neighbors_NN2 ._. 
But_CCB it_PPH1 never_RR occurred_VVD to_II anyone_PN1 to_TO suspect_VVI Pete_NP1 of_IO anything_PN1 ._. 
"_" Pete_NP1 never_RR got_VVN caught_VVN ,_, "_" said_VVD Sylvia_NP1 ._. 
"_" Louie_NN1 always_RR got_VVN caught_VVN ._. "_" 
Nothing_PN1 about_II Louie_NP1 fit_VV0 with_IW other_JJ kids_NN2 ._. 
He_PPHS1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 puny_JJ boy_NN1 ,_, and_CC in_II his_APPGE first_MD years_NNT2 in_II Torrance_NP1 ,_, his_APPGE lungs_NN2 were_VBDR still_RR compromised_VVN enough_RR from_II the_AT pneumonia_NN1 that_CST in_II picnic_NN1 footraces_NN2 ,_, every_AT1 girl_NN1 in_II town_NN1 could_VM dust_VVI him_PPHO1 ._. 
His_APPGE features_NN2 ,_, which_DDQ would_VM later_RRR settle_VVI into_II pleasant_JJ collaboration_NN1 ,_, were_VBDR growing_VVG at_II different_JJ rates_NN2 ,_, giving_VVG him_PPHO1 a_AT1 curious_JJ face_NN1 that_CST seemed_VVD designed_VVN by_II committee_NN1 ._. 
His_APPGE ears_NN2 leaned_VVN sidelong_RL off_II his_APPGE head_NN1 like_II bolstered_JJ pistols_NN2 ,_, and_CC above_II them_PPHO2 waved_VVD a_AT1 calamity_NN1 of_IO black_JJ hair_NN1 that_CST mortified_VVD him_PPHO1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 attacked_VVD it_PPH1 with_IW his_APPGE aunt_NN1 Margie_NP1 's_GE hot_JJ iron_NN1 ,_, hobbled_VVD it_PPH1 in_II a_AT1 silk_NN1 stocking_VVG every_AT1 night_NNT1 ,_, and_CC slathered_VVD it_PPH1 with_IW so_RG much_DA1 olive_JJ oil_NN1 that_CST flies_NN2 trailed_VVD him_PPHO1 to_II school_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 did_VDD no_AT good_JJ ._. 
And_CC then_RT there_EX was_VBDZ his_APPGE ethnicity_NN1 ._. 
In_II Torrance_NP1 in_II the_AT early_JJ 1920s_MC2 ,_, Italians_NN2 were_VBDR held_VVN in_II such_DA disdain_NN1 that_CST when_CS the_AT Zamperinis_NP1 arrived_VVD ,_, the_AT neighbors_NN2 petitioned_VVD the_AT city_NN1 council_NN1 to_TO keep_VVI them_PPHO2 out_RP ._. 
Louie_NN1 ,_, who_PNQS knew_VVD only_RR a_AT1 smattering_NN1 of_IO English_NN1 until_CS he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ in_II grade_NN1 school_NN1 ,_, could_VM n't_XX hide_VVI his_APPGE pedigree_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 survived_VVD kindergarten_NN1 by_II keeping_VVG mum_NN1 ,_, but_CCB in_II first_MD grade_NN1 ,_, when_CS he_PPHS1 blurted_VVD out_RP wBrutte_NN1 bastarde_NN1 !_! "_" another_DD1 kid_NN1 ,_, his_APPGE teachers_NN2 caught_VVD on_RP ._. 
They_PPHS2 compounded_VVD his_APPGE misery_NN1 by_II holding_VVG him_PPHO1 back_RP a_AT1 grade_NN1 ._. 
Louie_NP1 's_GE mother_NN1 ,_, Louise_NP1 ,_, took_VVD a_AT1 different_JJ tack_NN1 ._. 
Louie_NN1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 copy_NN1 of_IO herself_PPX1 ,_, right_RR down_RP to_II the_AT vivid_JJ blue_JJ eyes_NN2 ._. 
When_CS pushed_VVN ,_, she_PPHS1 shoved_VVD ;_; sold_VVD a_AT1 bad_JJ cut_NN1 of_IO meat_NN1 ,_, she_PPHS1 'd_VM march_VVI down_RP to_II the_AT butcher_NN1 ,_, frying_NN1 pan_NN1 in_II hand_NN1 ._. 
Loving_JJ mischief_NN1 ,_, she_PPHS1 spread_VVD icing_VVG over_RP a_AT1 cardboard_JJ box_NN1 and_CC presented_VVD it_PPH1 as_II a_AT1 birthday_NN1 cake_NN1 to_II a_AT1 neighbor_NN1 ,_, who_PNQS promptly_RR got_VVD the_AT knife_NN1 stuck_VVN ._. 
When_CS Pete_NP1 told_VVD her_PPHO1 he_PPHS1 'd_VM drink_VVI his_APPGE castor_NN1 oil_NN1 if_CS she_PPHS1 gave_VVD him_PPHO1 a_AT1 box_NN1 of_IO candy_NN1 ,_, she_PPHS1 agreed_VVD ,_, watched_VVD him_PPHO1 drink_VV0 it_PPH1 ,_, then_RT handed_VVD him_PPHO1 an_AT1 empty_JJ candy_NN1 box_NN1 ._. 
"_" You_PPY only_RR asked_VVD for_IF the_AT box_NN1 ,_, honey_NN1 ,_, "_" she_PPHS1 said_VVD with_IW a_AT1 smile_NN1 ._. 
"_" That_DD1 's_VBZ all_DB I_PPIS1 got_VVD ._. "_" 
And_CC she_PPHS1 understood_VVD Louie_NP1 's_GE restiveness_NN1 ._. 
One_MC1 Halloween_NNT1 ,_, she_PPHS1 dressed_VVD as_II a_AT1 boy_NN1 and_CC raced_VVD around_II town_NN1 trick-or-treating_NN1 with_IW Louie_NP1 and_CC Pete_NP1 ._. 
A_AT1 gang_NN1 of_IO kids_NN2 ,_, thinking_VVG she_PPHS1 was_VBDZ one_MC1 of_IO the_AT local_JJ toughs_NN2 ,_, tackled_VVD her_PPHO1 and_CC tried_VVD to_TO steal_VVI her_APPGE pants_NN2 ._. 
Little_RR Louise_NP1 Zamperini_NP1 ,_, mother_NN1 of_IO four_MC ,_, was_VBDZ deep_RR in_II the_AT melee_NN1 when_CS the_AT cops_NN2 picked_VVD her_PPHO1 up_RP for_IF brawling_NN1 ._. 
Knowing_VVG that_DD1 punishing_JJ Louie_NN1 would_VM only_RR provoke_VVI his_APPGE defiance_NN1 ,_, Louise_NP1 took_VVD a_AT1 surreptitious_JJ route_NN1 toward_II reforming_VVG him_PPHO1 ._. 
In_II31 search_II32 of_II33 an_AT1 informant_NN1 ,_, she_PPHS1 worked_VVD over_RP Louie_NP1 's_GE schoolmates_NN2 with_IW homemade_JJ pie_NN1 and_CC turned_VVD up_RP a_AT1 soft_JJ boy_NN1 named_VVD Hugh_NP1 ,_, whose_DDQGE sweet_JJ tooth_NN1 was_VBDZ Louie_NP1 's_GE undoing_NN1 ._. 
Louise_NP1 suddenly_RR knew_VVD everything_PN1 Louie_NP1 was_VBDZ up_II21 to_II22 ,_, and_CC her_APPGE children_NN2 wondered_VVD if_CS she_PPHS1 had_VHD developed_VVN psychic_JJ powers_NN2 ._. 
Sure_JJ that_CST Sylvia_NP1 was_VBDZ snitching_VVG ,_, Louie_NP1 refused_VVD to_TO sit_VVI at_II the_AT supper_NN1 table_NN1 with_IW her_PPHO1 ,_, eating_VVG his_APPGE meals_NN2 in_II spiteful_JJ solitude_NN1 off_II the_AT open_JJ oven_NN1 door_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 once_RR became_VVD so_RR enraged_VVN with_IW her_PPHO1 that_CST he_PPHS1 chased_VVD her_PPHO1 around_II the_AT block_NN1 ._. 
Outrunning_NP1 Louie_NP1 for_IF the_AT only_JJ time_NNT1 in_II her_APPGE life_NN1 ,_, Sylvia_NP1 cut_VVD down_RP the_AT alley_NN1 and_CC dove_NN1 into_II her_APPGE father_NN1 's_GE work_NN1 shed_NN1 ._. 
Louie_NP1 flushed_VVD her_PPHO1 our_APPGE by_II feeding_VVG his_APPGE three-foot-long_JJ pet_NN1 snake_NN1 into_II the_AT crawl_NN1 space_NN1 ._. 
She_PPHS1 then_RT locked_VVD herself_PPX1 in_II the_AT family_NN1 car_NN1 and_CC did_VDD n't_XX come_VVI out_RP for_IF an_AT1 entire_JJ afternoon_NNT1 ._. 
"_" It_PPH1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 matter_NN1 of_IO life_NN1 and_CC death_NN1 ,_, "_" she_PPHS1 said_VVD some_DD seventy-five_MC years_NNT2 later_RRR ._. 
For_IF all_DB her_APPGE efforts_NN2 ,_, Louise_NP1 could_VM n't_XX change_VVI Louie_NP1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 ran_VVD away_RL and_CC wandered_VVN around_II San_NP1 Diego_NP1 for_IF days_NNT2 ,_, sleeping_VVG under_II a_AT1 highway_NN1 overpass_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 tried_VVD to_TO ride_VVI a_AT1 steer_NN1 in_II a_AT1 pasture_NN1 ,_, got_VVD tossed_VVN onto_II the_AT ragged_JJ edge_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 fallen_JJ tree_NN1 ,_, and_CC limped_VVD home_RL with_IW his_APPGE gashed_JJ knee_NN1 bound_VVN in_II a_AT1 handkerchief_NN1 ._. 
Twenty-seven_MC stitches_NN2 did_VDD n't_XX tame_VVI him_PPHO1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 hit_VVD one_MC1 kid_NN1 so_RG hard_JJ that_CST he_PPHS1 broke_VVD his_APPGE nose_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 upended_VVD another_DD1 boy_NN1 and_CC stuffed_JJ paper_NN1 towels_NN2 in_II his_APPGE mouth_NN1 ._. 
Parents_NN2 forbade_VVD their_APPGE kids_NN2 from_II going_VVG near_II him_PPHO1 ._. 
A_AT1 farmer_NN1 ,_, furious_JJ over_II Louie_NP1 's_GE robberies_NN2 ,_, loaded_VVN his_APPGE shotgun_NN1 with_IW rock_NN1 salt_NN1 and_CC blasted_VVD him_PPHO1 in_II the_AT tail_NN1 ._. 
Louie_NP1 beat_VVD one_MC1 kid_NN1 so_RG badly_RR ,_, leaving_VVG him_PPHO1 unconscious_JJ in_II a_AT1 ditch_NN1 ,_, that_CST he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ afraid_JJ he_PPHS1 'd_VHD killed_VVN him_PPHO1 ._. 
When_CS Louise_NP1 saw_VVD the_AT blood_NN1 on_II Louie_NP1 's_GE fists_NN2 ,_, she_PPHS1 burst_VVD into_II tears_NN2 ._. 
As_CSA Louie_NP1 prepared_VVD to_TO start_VVI Torrance_NP1 High_JJ ,_, he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ looking_VVG less_RRR like_II an_AT1 impish_JJ kid_NN1 and_CC more_RRR like_II a_AT1 dangerous_JJ young_JJ man_NN1 ._. 
High_JJ school_NN1 would_VM be_VBI the_AT end_NN1 of_IO his_APPGE education_NN1 ._. 
There_EX was_VBDZ no_AT money_NN1 for_IF college_NN1 ;_; Anthony_NP1 's_GE paycheck_NN1 ran_VVD out_RP before_II the_AT week_NNT1 's_GE end_NN1 ,_, forcing_VVG Louise_NP1 to_TO improvise_VVI meals_NN2 out_II21 of_II22 eggplant_NN1 ,_, milk_NN1 ,_, stale_JJ bread_NN1 ,_, wild_JJ mushrooms_NN2 ,_, and_CC rabbits_NN2 that_CST Louie_NP1 and_CC Pete_NP1 shot_VVD in_II the_AT fields_NN2 ._. 
With_IW flunking_VVG grades_NN2 and_CC no_AT skills_NN2 ,_, Louie_NP1 had_VHD no_AT chance_NN1 for_IF a_AT1 scholarship_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 was_VBDZ unlikely_JJ that_CST he_PPHS1 could_VM land_VVI a_AT1 job_NN1 ._. 
The_AT Depression_NN1 had_VHD come_VVN ,_, and_CC the_AT unemployment_NN1 rate_NN1 was_VBDZ nearing_VVG 25_MC percent_NNU ._. 
Louie_NP1 had_VHD no_AT real_JJ ambitions_NN2 ._. 
If_CS asked_VVN what_DDQ he_PPHS1 wanted_VVD to_TO be_VBI ,_, his_APPGE answer_NN1 would_VM have_VHI been_VBN "_" cowboy_NN1 ._. "_" 
In_II the_AT 1930s_MC2 ,_, America_NP1 was_VBDZ infatuated_JJ with_IW the_AT pseudoscience_NN1 of_IO eugenics_NN1 and_CC its_APPGE promise_NN1 of_IO strengthening_VVG the_AT human_JJ race_NN1 by_II culling_VVG the_AT "_" unfit_JJ "_" from_II the_AT genetic_JJ pool_NN1 ._. 
Along_II21 with_II22 the_AT "_" feebleminded_JJ ,_, "_" insane_JJ ,_, and_CC criminal_NN1 ,_, those_DD2 so_RG classified_JJ included_JJ women_NN2 who_PNQS had_VHD sex_NN1 out_II21 of_II22 wedlock_NN1 (_( considered_VVN a_AT1 mental_JJ illness_NN1 )_) ,_, orphans_NN2 ,_, the_AT disabled_JJ ,_, the_AT poor_JJ ,_, the_AT homeless_JJ ,_, epileptics_NN2 ,_, masturbators_NN2 ,_, the_AT blind_JJ and_CC the_AT deaf_JJ ,_, alcoholics_NN2 ,_, and_CC girls_NN2 whose_DDQGE genitals_NN2 exceeded_VVD certain_JJ measurements_NN2 ._. 
Some_DD eugenicists_NN2 advocated_VVD euthanasia_NN1 ,_, and_CC in_II mental_JJ hospitals_NN2 ,_, this_DD1 was_VBDZ quietly_RR carried_VVN our_APPGE on_II scores_NN2 of_IO people_NN through_II "_" lethal_JJ neglect_NN1 "_" or_CC outright_JJ murder_NN1 ._. 
At_II one_MC1 Illinois_NP1 mental_JJ hospital_NN1 ,_, new_JJ patients_NN2 were_VBDR dosed_VVN with_IW milk_NN1 from_II cows_NN2 infected_VVN with_IW tuberculosis_NN1 ,_, in_II the_AT belief_NN1 that_CST only_RR the_AT undesirable_JJ would_VM perish_VVI ._. 
As_RG many_DA2 as_CSA four_MC in_II ten_MC of_IO these_DD2 patients_NN2 died_VVD ._. 
A_AT1 more_RGR popular_JJ tool_NN1 of_IO eugenics_NN1 was_VBDZ forced_JJ sterilization_NN1 ,_, employed_VVN on_II a_AT1 raft_NN1 of_IO lost_JJ souls_NN2 who_PNQS ,_, through_II misbehavior_NN1 or_CC misfortune_NN1 ,_, fell_VVD into_II the_AT hands_NN2 of_IO state_NN1 governments_NN2 ._. 
By_II 1930_MC ,_, when_CS Louie_NP1 was_VBDZ entering_VVG his_APPGE teens_NN2 ,_, California_NP1 was_VBDZ enraptured_VVN with_IW eugenics_NN1 ,_, and_CC would_VM ultimately_RR sterilize_VVI some_DD twenty_MC thousand_NNO people_NN ._. 
When_CS Louie_NP1 was_VBDZ in_II his_APPGE early_JJ teens_NN2 ,_, an_AT1 event_NN1 in_II Torrance_NP1 brought_VVD reality_NN1 home_RL ._. 
A_AT1 kid_NN1 from_II Louie_NP1 's_GE neighborhood_NN1 was_VBDZ deemed_VVN feebleminded_VVD ,_, institutionalized_VVD ,_, and_CC barely_RR saved_VVN from_II sterilization_NN1 through_II a_AT1 frantic_JJ legal_JJ effort_NN1 by_II his_APPGE parents_NN2 ,_, funded_VVN by_II their_APPGE Torrance_NP1 neighbors_NN2 ._. 
Tutored_VVN by_II Louie_NP1 's_GE siblings_NN2 ,_, the_AT boy_NN1 earned_VVD straight_RR A_ZZ221 's_ZZ222 ._. 
Louie_NN1 was_VBDZ never_RR more_DAR than_CSN an_AT1 inch_NNU1 from_II juvenile_JJ hall_NN1 or_CC jail_NN1 ,_, and_CC as_II a_AT1 serial_JJ troublemaker_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 failing_JJ student_NN1 ,_, and_CC a_AT1 suspect_NN1 Italian_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ just_RR the_AT sort_NN1 of_IO rogue_NN1 that_CST eugenicists_NN2 wanted_VVD to_TO cull_VVI ._. 
Suddenly_RR understanding_VVG what_DDQ he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ risking_VVG ,_, he_PPHS1 felt_VVD deeply_RR shaken_VVN ._. 
The_AT person_NN1 that_CST Louie_NP1 had_VHD become_VVN was_VBDZ not_XX ,_, he_PPHS1 knew_VVD ,_, his_APPGE authentic_JJ self_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 made_VVD hesitant_JJ efforts_NN2 to_TO connect_VVI to_II others_NN2 ._. 
He_PPHS1 scrubbed_VVD the_AT kitchen_NN1 floor_NN1 to_TO surprise_VVI his_APPGE mother_NN1 ,_, but_CCB she_PPHS1 assumed_VVD that_CST Pete_NP1 had_VHD done_VDN it_PPH1 ._. 
While_CS his_APPGE father_NN1 was_VBDZ out_II21 of_II22 town_NN1 ,_, Louie_NP1 overhauled_VVD the_AT engine_NN1 on_II the_AT family_NN1 's_GE Marmon_NP1 Roosevelt_NP1 Straight-8_MC sedan_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 baked_VVD biscuits_NN2 and_CC gave_VVD them_PPHO2 away_RL ;_; when_CS his_APPGE mother_NN1 ,_, tired_JJ of_IO the_AT mess_NN1 ,_, booted_VVD him_PPHO1 from_II her_APPGE kitchen_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 resumed_VVD baking_VVG in_II a_AT1 neighbor_NN1 's_GE house_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 doled_VVD out_RP nearly_RR everything_PN1 he_PPHS1 stole_VVD ._. 
He_PPHS1 was_VBDZ "_" bighearted_VVN ,_, "_" said_VVD Pete_NP1 ._. 
"_" Louie_NN1 would_VM give_VVI away_RL anything_PN1 ,_, whether_CSW it_PPH1 was_VBDZ his_PPGE or_CC not_XX ._. "_" 
Each_DD1 attempt_NN1 he_PPHS1 made_VVD to_II right_NN1 himself_PPX1 ended_VVD wrong_JJ ._. 
He_PPHS1 holed_VVD up_RP alone_RR ,_, reading_VVG Zane_NP1 Grey_NP1 novels_NN2 and_CC wishing_VVG himself_PPX1 into_II them_PPHO2 ,_, a_AT1 man_NN1 and_CC his_APPGE horse_NN1 on_II the_AT frontier_NN1 ,_, broken_VVN off_RP from_II the_AT world_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 haunted_VVD the_AT theater_NN1 for_IF western_JJ movies_NN2 ,_, losing_VVG track_NN1 of_IO the_AT plots_NN2 while_CS he_PPHS1 stared_VVD at_II the_AT scenery_NN1 ._. 
On_II some_DD nights_NNT2 ,_, he_PPHS1 'd_VM drag_VVI his_APPGE bedding_NN1 into_II the_AT yard_NN1 to_TO sleep_VVI alone_RR ._. 
On_II others_NN2 ,_, he_PPHS1 'd_VM lie_VVI awake_JJ in_II bed_NN1 ,_, beneath_II pinups_NN2 of_IO movie_NN1 cowboy_NN1 Tom_NP1 Mix_NN1 and_CC his_APPGE wonder_NN1 horse_NN1 ,_, Tony_NP1 ,_, feeling_NN1 snared_VVD on_II something_PN1 from_II which_DDQ he_PPHS1 could_VM n't_XX kick_VVI free_JJ ._. 
In_II the_AT back_NN1 bedroom_NN1 he_PPHS1 could_VM hear_VVI trains_NN2 passing_VVG ._. 
Lying_VVG beside_II his_APPGE sleeping_JJ brother_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 'd_VM listen_VVI to_II the_AT broad_JJ ,_, low_JJ sound_NN1 :_: faint_JJ ,_, then_RT rising_VVG ,_, faint_JJ again_RT ,_, then_RT a_AT1 high_JJ ,_, beckoning_VVG whistle_NN1 ,_, then_RT gone_VVN ._. 
The_AT sound_NN1 of_IO it_PPH1 brought_VVD goose_NN1 bumps_NN2 ._. 
Lost_VVN in_II longing_NN1 ,_, Louie_NP1 imagined_VVD himself_PPX1 on_II a_AT1 train_NN1 ,_, rolling_VVG into_II country_NN1 he_PPHS1 could_VM n't_XX see_VVI ,_, growing_VVG smaller_JJR and_CC more_RGR distant_JJ until_CS he_PPHS1 disappeared_VVD ._. 
The_AT rehabilitation_NN1 of_IO louie_NN1 zamperini_NN2 began_VVD in_II 1931_MC ,_, with_IW a_AT1 key_NN1 ._. 
Fourteen-year-old_JJ Louie_NP1 was_VBDZ in_II a_AT1 locksmith_NN1 shop_NN1 when_CS he_PPHS1 heard_VVD someone_PN1 say_VVI that_CST if_CS you_PPY put_VV0 any_DD key_NN1 in_II any_DD lock_NN1 ,_, it_PPH1 has_VHZ a_AT1 one-in-fifty_MC chance_NN1 of_IO fitting_NN1 ._. 
Inspired_JJ ,_, Louie_NP1 began_VVD collecting_VVG keys_NN2 and_CC trying_VVG locks_NN2 ._. 
He_PPHS1 had_VHD no_AT luck_NN1 until_CS he_PPHS1 tried_VVD his_APPGE house_NN1 key_NN1 on_II the_AT back_NN1 door_NN1 of_IO the_AT Torrance_NP1 High_JJ gym_NN1 ._. 
When_CS basketball_NN1 season_NNT1 began_VVD ,_, there_EX was_VBDZ an_AT1 inexplicable_JJ discrepancy_NN1 between_II the_AT number_NN1 of_IO ten-cent_JJ tickers_NN2 sold_VVN and_CC the_AT considerably_RR larger_JJR number_NN1 of_IO kids_NN2 in_II the_AT bleachers_NN2 ._. 
In_II late_JJ 1931_MC ,_, someone_PN1 caught_VVD on_RP ,_, and_CC Louie_NP1 was_VBDZ hauled_VVN to_II the_AT principal_NN1 's_GE office_NN1 for_IF the_AT umpteenth_MD time_NNT1 ._. 
In_II California_NP1 ,_, winter-bom_JJ students_NN2 entered_VVD new_JJ grades_NN2 in_II January_NPM1 ,_, so_CS Louie_NP1 was_VBDZ about_RPK to_TO start_VVI ninth_MD grade_NN1 ._. 
The_AT principal_NN1 punished_VVN him_PPHO1 by_II making_VVG him_PPHO1 ineligible_JJ for_IF athletic_JJ and_CC social_JJ activities_NN2 ._. 
Louie_NN1 ,_, who_PNQS never_RR joined_VVN anything_PN1 ,_, was_VBDZ indifferent_JJ ._. 
He_PPHS1 rounded_VVD up_RP a_AT1 friend_NN1 ,_, and_CC together_RL they_PPHS2 hitchhiked_VVD to_II Los_NP1 Angeles_NP1 ,_, broke_VVD into_II a_AT1 car_NN1 ,_, and_CC slept_VVD on_II the_AT seats_NN2 ._. 
The_AT next_MD day_NNT1 they_PPHS2 jumped_VVD a_AT1 train_NN1 ,_, climbed_VVD onto_II the_AT roof_NN1 ,_, and_CC rode_VVD north_ND1 ._. 
