American Sniper Book Report

American Sniper is a film that revolves around the life of a Navy SEAL sniper named Chris Kyle. Chris grew up in an old fashioned southern family and grew up trying to start his career as a cowboy. After 9/11 that was the last straw for him, so he decided to become a Navy SEAL. During his training he meets a girl at a bar, at the time it didn’t seem too serious to either of them until they end up getting married. Soon after the wedding Chris was to leave on his first tour to Afghanistan. Slowly, Chris started to become a “legend” on the battlefield; all of the foot soldiers wanted him as their sniper because of how good he was at

In order to comment on the actuality of search in social predicament, 19th and 20th century authors seemed to have used short stories in order to have their prophecies and outlooks heard. In Liam O’Flaherty’s “The Sniper” and Theodore L. Thomas’s “The Test”, both short stories comment on certain social issues through the description of their settings; however, each author does so using different forms of reality. This essay will examine how both short stories accomplish the inclusion of their criticisms of their current social realities. This inclusion will be examined with a comparison of the short stories’ themes, as well as their settings.

He was the president of Craft international, a tactical training company for the US military and law enforcement communities. In 2012, HarperCollins released Kyle’s autobiography, American Sniper. American Sniper had a 37-week run on The New York Times bestseller list and brought Kyle national attention. Following its release, media, media articles challenged some of Kyle’s anecdotes. Kyle paired with FITCO Cares Foundation to provide free in home fitness equipment, individualized programs, personal training, and life coaching to in need veterans with disabilities Gold Star Families, or those suffering from posttraumatic stress

Over the summer I read American Sniper I felt this book was a perfect fit for me I'm very pro military. I thought it would be a very interesting read since he was the most lethal sniper the US military has ever seen.

Written by Chris Kyle, this book is an autobiography written about his experiences as a Navy Seal. Chris Kyle rose to the rank of Chief while serving as a Navy Seal he also earned the nickname the legend. Chris Kyle was a Navy Seal sniper who served for 4 tours in Iraq. Ranked number one with the highest number of confirmed kills on record at 160 and a total of 255 actual kills. He helped protect Marines both a top the roves of buildings as a guardian and going door to door with the Marines. Stopping the terrorist in there tracts while also taking a toll on his personal life.

American Sniper, the suspense filled, tear-jerker, war movie from 2014 starring The Hangover's Bradley Cooper and directed by Dirty Harry himself, Clint Eastwood. American Sniper captured the hearts of millions of Americans allowing them to catch up on the life of Navy SEAL Sniper, Chris Kyle. While the movie itself received rave reviews, was the content of the film factual?

When you think of war, you usually think of destroyed home and country. But do all wars end like that ? According to Hwang Sun-won they don’t. The cranes was about two men finding their childhood friendship after an occurring war. War can make something make beautiful things happen like in the story “The Cranes” .

The book American sniper is about the best sniper that has ever lived until this day in United States history. Chris Kyle was a true American hero in my book. This book does not just talk about his Military career it is Autobiography about his whole life from the very beginning. Chris starts taking about the town he grew up in and talked about what he did as a kid. Chris was that good old boy that grew up in Texas. I think he had a lot of fun from what I read when he was a kid. The first chapter of the book he talks about wanting to become a bull rider. I love bull riding I want to do it someday I love to get to get my heart racing. I am sperised that he could do this and then be able to lay on the ground and not move for some times day to

A sniper such as Chris Kyle faced moral sin on multiple occasions. In the first combat scene of American Sniper, the audience views a depiction of Kyle over watching Marines move down a street in Iraq. A women in a black dress moves outside along with a boy; Kyle immediately watches the two move into the path of the advancing Marines. Kyle’s keen sense to the battle field helps detect that the woman is carrying something under her clothes as her arms are not swaying as one would naturally do. Kyle focuses in on the mother and son and witness a transfer of a grenade from mother to son. Kyle is relaying the information to the ground forces below. Kyle’s security member states that he will fry if he is wrong. Kyle waits until the boy starts running toward the Marines, and then takes his shot

Christopher Kyle was a standout soldier and citizen in all respects. He displayed the utmost character, bravery and integrity, both professionally and in his personal life, which ended in an ironic tragedy, according to Karen McVeigh in “Former Navy Seal Sniper Chris Kyle Shot Dead at Texas Gun Range”. In December of 2014 the movie “The American Sniper” documenting Kyle’s life premiered and instantly won national acclaim. .

The book Black Hawk Down was written by Mark Bowden. It was published on February 10, 1999. It is a nonfiction book. This is the story of a raid by elite American troops on a Somalian city along the eastern coast of Africa named, Mogadishu. The story took place on October 3, 1993. This was the first detailed account of the mission in Somalia.

The film American Sniper chronicles the events of one of the most celebrated marksmen in the United States. Christopher Scott Kyle was born and raised in western Texas. He possessed a fondness toward firearms from an early age and frequently participated in hunting expeditions. According to Adam Bernstein, an obituary editor for the Washington Post, Kyle dreamed “…to be a cowboy and…to be in the military.” To fulfill the former, he attended Tarleton State University and earned a degree in Ranch and Ranch Management. As a young herdsman, he attended to animals and frequented rodeos (Bernstein). Later, he served as a Navy SEAL from 1999 until 2009 when he withdrew from the Armed Services to focus on his family. In total, he had been deployed four times to Iraq and was responsible for the deaths of 160 enemies. In his 2012 memoir, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History, Kyle provided detailed descriptions of his military service. On February 2, 2013, Eddie Ray Routh, an unstable military veteran, murdered Chris Kyle and other man on the Rough Creek Lodge and Resort shooting range in Texas (Bernstein). Based on the majority of responses and reactions following his death, one can conclude that Kyle led an exemplary life marked with numerous accomplishments and a self-sacrificing character despite harboring some disdain for the people of Iraq.

The first mission that he had when he got his sniper certification was to go pull security for the Marines and then he got his first kill on a of many to come. Then another one of his appointments he was set up on the rooftop only security for Marines again and there was a counter sniper on another roof and a couple insurgents on the ground that were shooting up out of one of them pulled out a rocket and shot the wall that he was taking cover behind and a lot of rubble rubble fell on him and he injured his leg and he didn't notice it was injured until after the gun fight and he was downstairs and one of his teammates said something about it. Then another time they were clearing out a village or town and there were these railroad tracks and insurgents were hiding behind it behind them because there was a swamp behind it never using the swamp to cross so didn't get shot at there a couple incidence about this one was that there were these three guys on beach balls and instead of shooting the guys he shot that beach balls and then he shot the guy. This was where he got his longest shot there was a guy about a mile and a half away from him and he didn't have a long range sniper so the guys were teasing him about not being able to hit him because at this time his nickname was the legend and so he took up the challenge the guy that was aiming at them was about a mile and a half away Chris Kyle just got lucky and it was a lucky shot he even said it himself that he could never make that shot

The movie, American Sniper, is directed towards individuals who love war movies. It can also be directed towards someone who has family or friends that are currently enlisted in the army, marines or any branch in the military. It catches a war movie lover’s attention because it has action throughout the entire movie. American Sniper also catches the attention of family or friends with loved ones in the military because it can help show them what their loved one is going through in war and why they may come back so broken and act like a different person altogether and distant themselves from social interaction. It helps and shows the family how to help cope with their loved one and how they could help them without ruining the relationship with each other by making things worse.

The Greek poet Homer portrays many hero’ in the epic’s the Iliad and the Odyssey. The main individuals that come to mind are Achilles and Odysseus, the two most famed and feared warriors in the epics. However, there is another hero; one that is seen by most as subjacent to the two main characters. In my mind this character has a better sense of responsibility and shows more honor to his men than Odysseus did. That mans name is Hektor. Another figure with a similar stature that comes to mind that shows valor for their homeland and family is Chris Kyle, an American member of the armed forces who is known to the military as the most deadly sniper to have ever served. Kyle’s marksmanship became renowned not just within the American military, but among insurgents as well. Like the Iliad, American Sniper focuses on a warrior of extreme lethality and mythical status. By examining the central messages of the epic, similarities can be found through both of their lifestyles and experiences, this leads the reader to have a better understanding of what it meant to be a Homeric hero.