Chris Kyle's The American Sniper

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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 …show more content…

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

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