Where Does the Book Unbroken Take Place

setting (place) The book begins by focusing on Louie’s boyhood in Torrance, California. As he becomes a competitive runner, the book moves to New York and then to the Berlin Olympics before his college experience at USC.

Where does the movie unbroken take place?

Plot. During an April 1943 bombing mission against the Japanese-held island of Nauru, Louis “Louie” Zamperini is flying as a bombardier of a United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber when his plane is damaged in combat and a number of the crew injured.

Where does Louie grow up?

He’s resourceful and fast-thinking, and he grew up in Torrance, California, just like Dirk Diggler. The childhood scenes—and the fact that most of Louie’s childhood stories end with “and then I ran like mad” (1.1. 17)—serve to show us how tenacious he is.