Chris Kyle was a U.S Navy Seal that served in the Iraq war as a legendary sniper. By some he is considered a villain because of his profession; however doing charity work helping another veteran cost him his life. Chris Kyle was born on April 8, 1974, in Odessa, Texas. Chris had a lot of experience with the outdoors because he grew up on a ranch. He hunted and competed in a bunch of bronco contest. Later on he went to study agriculture for two years at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, before he left for a job as a ranch hand. Eventually his lifelong interest in the military led him to the Navy in 1999. He then quickly gained admittance to the SEALS, which is a forces elite special operations unit. Chris was selected and trained as a sniper, after a demanding selection process. Over the course of Kyle’s ten year military career, he served four combat deployments to Iraq. Kyle’s marksmanship became renown not just within the American Military, with whom he was charged with protecting, but also among insurgents as well, they nick named him “ The Devil of Ramadi.” Kyle’s enemies had put a $20,000 bounty on the head of any U.S sniper. Kyle’s nerves and patience for tracking his subjects, earned him …show more content…
In Chris’ post Navy life; he followed different pursuits, many of them aided by the fame his book (American Sniper) brought to him. They say Chris’ hulking presence and quite demeanor encapsulated the image of a military hero. As the sales of his books grew, he appeared on talk shows and participated in the NBC competition show, Stars Earn Stripes. Later Chris co-launched a non-profit group; FITCO cares foundation, which supplied fitness equipment to war wounded veterans. He then founded Craft International, which is a security company. Chris was also on Obama’s side to tighten gun control. On February 2, 2013 Chris’ life ended, when he and his friend, Chad Littlefield, were shot at a gun range at Forth Worth,
Iraq was the first place that he shot a woman and boy that attacked U.S. Marines with a grenade. After the tour was over, Chris Kyle comes home to new baby boy and wife. While at home, he gets distracted by the memories of the war and experiences. Kyle would soon leave to go on another tour and was now Chief Petty Officer; while there he helps in killing The Butcher that was in his last tour. His daughter
This man they were trying to help is Eddie Ray and when he was charged of first degree murder for Chad Littlefield and Chris Kyle, also known as the American Sniper, Eddie claimed he didn't know what he was doing and tried to blame the whole incident on mental health issues. This was truly an event that took a shot at Americas best sniper. Proposed thesis statement: Eddie Routh’s senseless act
The legend of Chris Kyle, one of the most infamous snipers in American History. Born on April 8th, 1974, in Odessa, Texas, Chris was a happy child. Throughout his childhood Chris always wanted to be in the rodeo competitor. While he was in the rodeo he broke his wrist causing him to have a surgery to fix the damage that was done. Though this changed this idea later and wanted to become a United States Marine.
Chris Kyle's life and biography has clear connection with the life of Othello, a fictional character from Shakespeare's play “Othello”. Chris was a highly regarded war veteran and leader who exampled valor and vigilance in war. Othello was also a high esteemed military personnel as the general and commander of the Venetian armed forces. Both were good men, but both men possessed a fatal flaw which undoubtedly lead to their own downfall. For Othello is was his lack of self esteem.
First of all, Chris Kyle is a selfless soldier that does not think twice about serving his country. Heroes do not run away to spare their lives when facing danger. Heroes puts themselves in risky situations knowing that they may not come back. Chris joined the military in 1999 and was quickly recruited as a sniper for the Navy Seals. During his time working with the Navy Seals,
As Kyle was walking past a military recruitment office, interested in joining the Marine Corps, a Navy recruiter pulled him into his office. After hearing what the man had to say, Kyle thought long and hard about joining the Navy instead and wanted to give it a try. He was shortly rejected from the Seals because of the pins in his arms from the accident. After leaving, Kyle returned back to the ranch. A few weeks later, he received a letter saying that he had been accepted into the BUDS (Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL) training school which he joined in
He lived in the wilderness for about three months, his body was discovered by a hunter looking for shelter, on September 6, 1992. “I think that Chris McCandless was bright and ignorant at the same time. He had no common sense, and he had no business going
He was a compassionate individual that was good with people, but he relished the reclusive structure of nature. Chris grew close with many people such as Jan Burres and Wayne Westerberg, yet he eventually left them to continue his expedition. It was a selfish act in itself, but his loved ones failed to realize Chris was a troubled soul that did not fit in with the uniform
Chris attended Midlothian Schools. He attended two years of college and then dropped out to become a bull-rider. The attacks on the U.S. Embassy caused Chris to join the military. After seeing the
Since he had honorably done his job the best he could and did a good job at it he was given the nickname “Legend” by his fellow SEALs. They gave him that name because of how efficient he was as a sniper and how hard he fought for what he thought was right. Chris was also given a nickname by the people of Iraq that was usually noticed written on the many wanted posters that the Iraqi soldiers had put in Iraq cities. He had killed so many Iraqi soldiers and brought so much attention from the soldiers that they named him “The Devil of
McCandless was born on February 12, 1968 to his parents, Billie (mother), Walt (father) McCandless. Chris also had a sister named Carine McCandless who was younger than Chris by three years. Chris graduated from Wilbert Tucker Woodson High school in 1986 then he went off to college of Emory University where he graduated the year of 1990, finished with a GPA of 3.72. After his education, McCandless felt like it was time to start taking some adventures on his
The way I look at him is that he was courageous and adventurous to just go out and follow his dream. This is why I think Chris McCandless is courageous. When Chris burned what money he had left I thought it was courageous because he was trying to get around without money and how hard it would be. By Chris burning his money and trying to brave the world without money show´s that he´s courageous because do you know how hard it is to get around without money?
Chris, The Wilderness Hero Chris McCandless was a very heroic young man. In the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer he demonstrated independence, bravery, and youthfulness. Chris (or as he liked to be called Alexander Supertramp) was a young man who hitchhiked to Alaska to see what living off the wilderness was like. Chris was a hero because he inspired so many with his fearlessness with what he did in his life. Chris was a hero because he was fearless, brave, and independent.
According to the film and book “American Sniper", Chris only felt bad about the lives he couldn 't save, not the ones he did. He had no problem killing the enemy but could not bear to see his fellow servicemen be killed. Many marines look up to him as a savior because he was their only protection when walking down hostile streets. Enemy soldiers would hide and ambush so Kyle would prevent them from ambushing.
In the movie Into the Wild by Sean Penn you see Chris’s life unfold into what i think was ignorant but to some extent i get why he wanted to run so hard “He didn’t want to be the person his parents wanted him to be, he most