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The Soldier's Shoes Research Paper

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The Soldier’s Shoes
“The United States has 1.1 million soldiers and 400,000 civilians and contracted employees if they were a city it would be the 4th largest in the United States”. In this essay I will be talking about the soldier from the short story “Sniper”. And to explain why the soldier lives up to the high standards of being a soldier for the United States of America. What standards do you believe a United States soldier must have and follow? What many people do not realize is, soldiers are risking their lives to protect us and our country. That is one quality that soldiers have, and one that no one can argue against.
Many people may say the soldier is reckless and disrespectful but many of them don't know how it would be if they were …show more content…

Even though the soldier in “American Sniper” might smoke an occasional cigar, he does what he needs to do and what he believes is the best decision for our country. The
“innocent” woman that the soldier killed is not as innocent as many people may realize, the woman was a informer and if the soldier wouldn't have killed her, he would have been the one eventually killed. The soldier did what he needed to do and that is that there is no other logical argument against this statement.
One reason my opinion is the only relevant solution to this debate is the soldier is a human being, most people think he is some kind of monster when actually in the story it say he is
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“bitten by remorse” and “the lust of battle died in him” this shows how the soldier is no animal it really shows he is a human being with emotions and feelings.When the soldier kills the woman he wasn't excited he was very scared about what he had just done and it will be with him for the rest of his life. This shows that the soldier is not out to just kill people he does what he thinks is the best solution in his current situation. If the soldier did not believe that was the right call he wouldn't have done why because he is a good responsible soldier who meets all of the

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