In life there are many situations that people have to handle or go through just to get something done, whether it is job related, or just about in anything that a person is going through with their lives. The places in the autobiography with ten years of military service were four deployments to Iraq. The author, Chris Kyle brings awareness to veterans, hardship of war, and decision making on battle.
“The American Sniper” by Chris Kyle is an account of the deadliest American sniper ever, called “the devil” by the enemies he hunted and “the legend” by his Navy SEAL brothers. From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history (Kyle 2012). Kyle earned legendary status among his
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There are a few reasons that these feelings occur while each page is turned. First Chris Kyle talks about the relationship he had with his wife and kids. This serves one purpose throughout the novel, it humanizes Chris and takes the focus off of what he does as a day job; it also gives us a reason why he wakes up every day. Second, Chris has an overwhelming sense of patriotism and despite the love for his family continues to go back time and time again to serve his country and to make a difference in this world by eliminating the evil he encounters. This again humanizes Chris, and as a proud American when we read that this man is risking and maybe giving up his life for our freedom, we cannot help but look upon him with respect and favor. In retrospect, Chris Kyle in the “American Sniper” is a very complex character because of his double identity as a father and a first class sniper. Based off of his actions in war he may be described as “Al-Shaitan” or an immoral man but we do not know the deeper meaning of sacrifice until we have put our lives on the line. This is the soul reason that sympathizes Kyle and our armed forces, as many of us wouldn’t do the same. Once at the end of the novel, a shed of light will be revealed showing us that we are not so different from our men and women in combat, we just don’t carry M40s to work every
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
It was very dangerous to be out there in war this book “American Sniper” was amazing. This story was based on a true story and they had a lot of action in it. They involved shooting and other things. Chris was a man who was very brave and care a lot for his family. He never gave up on anything.
Kyle gave time and money to help disabled veterans readjust to civilian life (“Chris Kyle”). He was passionate about helping others because he went through and overcame his own bouts of depression
In, book he claims, “The Navy credits me with more kills as a sniper than any other American service member, past or present” (Kyle 5). In other words, the Navy credits Chris as the deadliest sniper in American history. With “160 confirmed kills in Iraq” (Kyle 5). Chris didn’t give himself full credit.
With four Bronze Star Valor medals and two Silver Star Medals, Navy Seal Chris Kyle is regarded to be one of the all time deadliest snipers in U.S Military history. Chris served four deployments to Iraq and had over one hundred and sixty confirmed kills (Greenblatt). Soon after his first tour of iraq, the enemy placed a $80,00 bounty on his head, yet he was able to survive all four deployments without any major harm (Perry). Sniper Chris kyle was a classic tragic hero. He was admired by all and a great leader in battle, but he allowed his love for America and the U.S troops to ultimately lead to his own destruction.
It also gave him time to take on other careers. He wrote a bestselling book about his life called “American Sniper”. He also founded a security company called Craft International that is marked with the motto. “Despite what your momma told you, violence does solve problems.” After that, he launched a non-profit foundation called FITCO Cares Foundation which supplied fitness equipment to wounded veterans.
You cannot fault Kyle for hating the people that were attempting to kill innocent American people. Chris Kyle was a hero who fought for the United States, and deserves to be treated like one. When it’s all said and done, Chris Kyle is a hero. He may be a little rough around the edges, but after war who can blame him? His fame was brought about by how many people he killed and Hollywood.
Chris Kyle: Hero “People tell me I saved hundreds and hundreds of people. But I have to tell you: it’s not the people you saved that you remember. It’s the ones you couldn’t save. Those are the ones you talk about. Those are the faces and situations that stay with you forever.”
”-Taya Kyle. While Chris was deployed out in Iraq, he missed the start of his family and taking care of his newborn children. An experience that is felt repeatedly by these military families that go through enough. Chris Kyle’s loss is something that brought so many of us together during his funeral session held in Cowboys stadium.
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.
Military History is a fantastic book that keeps you intrigued throughout the entire book. The testimony and story that Chris Kyle gives throughout the book keeps you reading, and reading, and reading. It almost became a sin to put it down. Chris Kyle gave such good perspective into the life of a Navy SEAL. The accounts of him going in and shooting these amazing shots from nearly a mile away are absolutely astounding.
Killing, however, did not come easy to the war hero. He suffered drastically from the obscenities he witnessed during the war, and eventually agonized the consequences of PTSD. While on duty, Kyle witnessed experiences that evidently aided to his condition as “the face of his machine gun partner was torn apart by shrapnel”, he watched a “comrade die when an enemy bullet entered his mouth and exited his head”, and scrutinized a “third friend die when an enemy grenade bounced off his chest and he jumped on it before it exploded in order to save everyone around him” (Bateson). The events that soldiers witness are obvious cases as to
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.
Green starts with a plot summary of American Sniper and how Chris Kyle had no regrets or remorse about anything he did during war. Green describes the scene where Kyle had to make a choice to shoot a young boy and then his mother carrying a grenade launcher toward a group of American soldiers. To Green, that scene showed Kyle did have some remorse over his choices. The movie portrayed all Muslims in a negative light every Muslim in the movie was the enemy or a savage as Kyle called them. We are only seeing one side of the story, the side that only shows Muslims as being targets for Kyle’s rifle.
Kyle was a good hearted man who wanted to rid the world of evil. Many other people, liberals mostly, dislike Chris Kyle for being violent by calling him a murderer. Chris was not