("After the first kill," Kyle writes, "the others come easy. I don't have to psych myself up, or do something special mentally — I look through the scope, get my target in the crosshairs, and kill my enemy, before he kills one of my people."Kyle, Chris). American Sniper by the Navy Seal Chris Kyle is a great autobiography published in 2012. Chris Kyle was a 38 year old man that went into becoming an amazing and well-known Navy Seal. Kyle was a Navy Seal for 10 years; also he served in the Iraq War. This man has few awards, such as Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, and finally Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal. This book showed everyone his experiences and what went into being a lethal sniper in the world. Chris Kyle began his …show more content…
When he was little, Chris was taught by his dad how to shoot a rifle. As Chris grew up he became a rodeo cowboy for a few years before deciding that he wanted to be a SEAL He got interested in being a SEAL was because of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombing; eventually he was accepted for special training, which included BUDS,Basic Underwater Demolition. He got denied at first, then went back a tried again.. In chapter 2, he meets his wife Taya Renae at a bar and got married kinda quickly. After they got married was sent to Iraq after 9/11 attacks. 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
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.
Chris Kyle was a texas raised cowboy, who dropped out of college two months before graduation, after being accepted into the navy. He started his brutal seal training and discovered his mental toughness, and what a seal was all about.hey had a mission to do and went in a area if Nasiriya, Iraq. They went and land on their territory which from fifty yards they saw a woman and her children standing next to each other. The soldiers weren't quite sure because the whole land was desert. Some people heard
In the autobiography Kyle writes that the altercation arose after Ventura made offensive comments about the SEALs. Ventura maintains that the passage is fabricated. Ventura asserts claims for defamation, invasion of privacy and unjust enrichment. Kyle being a SEAL, he did not have any sort of journalistic ethical training. It would seem safe to assume that he was not adequately supervised when writing his autobiography, although Ventura was not specifically named as the man in the book
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.
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,
Chris Kyle is a man who put himself through situations not many people have to experience or want to experience. A strong willing man with a family but also a country he wanted to fight for. Chris Kyle was a person who is willing and wanted to do everything possible for his country. Although sometimes that mindset got in the way of his family time.
Maybe Chris needed to test himself and stretch himself to as far as possible. Some think perhaps he went there to kick the bucket. I most definitely don't trust it. Chris needed to return as indicated by the words in his diary, "Catastrophe… Rained in.
The author and main character of this book is Chris Kyle. Chris is a SEAL team sniper who has been awarded the title of the most lethal sniper. Chris was born and raised in Texas where he learned to shoot guns with his dad. He later became very interested in joining the military after the 9/11 attacks. Chris went on four tours to Iraq where he became a very successful sniper.
In the film American Sniper directed by Clint Eastwood and the novel Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, both works exhibit depiction of war through the protagonist. However, each work is portrayed differently as they each show a representation with opposite depiction of war. While one decides to promote war, the other diminish it. In Eastwood’s adaptation of American Sniper, his insight appears as a promotion for pro-war propaganda, in contrast, Slaughterhouse Five depicts ideas that portray the war in a poor light. American Sniper retells the story of Chris Kyle, a Navy Seal who was reported to have 160 confirmed kills.
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
Christopher McCandless’s was a young wise man and stubborn guy that was intelligent he knew the right answers to respond which got himself out of things but also got himself into difficult situations that were not processed right. McCandless was raised in a upper middle class family in Annandale Virginia by parents Walt and Billie. He had eight siblings which one he was super close to named Carine and the rest were half siblings from his dads first marriage. Growing up Chris had a rough childhood with his parents problems and the affairs they had. McCandless would question himself why people would treat each other bad he would try to make a sense of the world.
Kyle got into many fights, as a child and as an adult. In his book he says, "While I got into a lot of fights, I didn 't start most of them" (9). He explains how he would defend himself and his brother, but expanded to defending anyone. He claims it was his duty, which shows that Kyle had a true passion for helping people. Chris Kyle 's childhood had a big impact on who he was as an adult.
Chris Kyle Chris Kyle killed a total of 160 people in Iraq. He was known as the most lethal sniper in American history. Chris led a simple life up until he joined the Navy SEALs(Sea, air and land). Chris Kyle was known as the “Devil of Ramadi” by Iraqi insurgents. Chris Kyle grew up as a cowboy and went into the military to become America's most lethal sniper before he was shot and killed in 2013.
An estimated 7,000 came to attend a memorial service for the late SEAL at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. There was a highway dedicated to him and a memorial erected in his honor in Odessa, his hometown. Eddie Ray Routh, the person responsible for his death, was sentenced to life in prison without parole, just minutes after the verdict was made. A fitting punishment for a cold-blooded killer like him. Taya Kyle, Chris’s widow, wrote a book detailing how she coped with her tragic loss, and ultimately celebrated his life and military career, called “American Wife.”
Chris Kyle is an American legend. Kyle is considered the best sniper to ever be in the American military. He has over 100 confirmed kills throughout his military career as an Navy SEAL sniper. He fought in the ?war against Iraq after joining the Navy in 1999. Kyle retired from the Navy in 2009.