Analysis Of Lone Survivor By Marcus Luttrell

One of America’s greatest athletes and three-time Olympic champion once said, “Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can’t stay down. We can’t allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn’t think we could be that strong.” The leadership Louie Zamperini portrayed in Laura Hillenbrand’s nonfiction book Unbroken, helps his remaining crew when they were trapped in the Pacific Ocean all alone. In short, Louie stepped up and showed his crewmates that he could be strong for them, leading them to safety on the island in the distance. This courageous act act leads me to believe that Hillenbrand emphasized this act of

Chris Kyle is a 38 year-old, combat veteran, who served 10 years in the United States Navy. Chris is a Caucasian male, who presents with a moderate religious background. He ‘s currently married to his wife Taya, and has one son. Chris was born in Texas, in where he was raised by both of his parents along with his younger brother. His childhood can be described as a loving, nurturing environment with a secure attachment but also with a strict disciplinary component, in where early on Chris was taught the concept of being a Sheepdog, amongst sheep. This concept can be viewed as a precursor to the role he has adopted along his experience in the military. Chris’s highest level of education comes through a high school diploma, but is supplemented by the training and grooming he received as a special forces operator. Through this training, he was usually required to be in top physical shape and work with a good sense of executive functioning.

Seal Team Six; The Story Of One Man And Humanity Seal Team Six by Stephen Templin tells the incredible story of Howard E. Wasdin’s journey through his military career. A small town farm boy with a troubled past, Howard, joins the Search and Rescue division of the Coast Guard as a rescue swimmer and eventually starts training to become a navy Seal. After years of serving as a Seal he caught wind of the Seal Team Six training program and went through extreme obstacles which stripped him of all but his humanity and eventually he earned his spot on the elite team. Not even a year later he ends up going into sniper school to become an elite sniper and graduates after a few years of training top of his class. As the years go by and his missions increase

The subject of this book has affect my life by serving as a reality check of what my Marine predecessors went through in order for me to be able to obtain the deep-rooted fighting tactics today. I will never have to deal with and survive the adversities that the Marines of Fox Company did. It also affected me by teaching me that as a Marine, no matter what struggles may present themselves, I will always thrive and keep fighting.

Former U.S. Army Captain Craig M. Mullaney writes this book, “The Unforgiving Minute”. It is about his honest biography on his education as an U.S. soldier where he learned different lessons throughout his life and his Army career. Mr. Mullaney attended West Point where as a cadet he learned to be respectful, how to look sharp, and how to pay plenty of attention to detail, even when it came to the way of folding underwear. Mr. Mullaney also attended the U.S. Army Ranger School and there he says that he learned how to do land navigation through difficult physical terrain and talks about the tests he had to endure during that time that require a lot of courage, spirit, and valor. Mr. Mullaney was abroad in New Zealand when the terrorist attacks

Navy Seals Ever since I was about eight years old I have always wanted to be a Navy Seal. Reading the book “The Lone Survivor” settled it for me. This book “The Lone Survivor” was written by Marcus Luttrell, a former Navy Seal. In the book he says “We were big, fast, highly trained, armed to the teeth, and experts in unarmed and armed combat, Man we could do it all” (qtd. Luttrell 9).

When you are putting your life on the line with your comrades, you hope you won't get shot and your brothers in arms have your back. This is everyday life for someone in the service. In the book, Seal Team Six, the protagonist's childhood sets the foundation for the theme of brotherhood and mortality that will grow throughout the book.

Everyone has a fight or flight instinct, whether or not the person knows it. The instincts don’t always manifest themselves in the ways most think they would. In the nonfiction novel Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden, Shin Dong-hyuk has to rely on his drive to survive. Harden uses rhetorical devices such as strong connotative diction, direct dialogue, and juxtaposition to develop Shin’s story to the audience. He has to carefully craft Shin’s story into a sympathetic work of art to keep his audience willing to keep reading.

In the year 2005 the United States military authorized Operation Red Wing, the objective was to disrupt local Taliban activity. A four man team of United States Navy SEALs were tasked with surveillance and reconnaissance of the Ahamad Shah, the leader of the local Taliban forces, while he was in his command post. The book "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrell, a former Navy SEAL, is his account of the Honor, Courage, and Commitment shown by his fellow Navy SEALs during operation Red Wing. Marcus Luttrell graduated from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) class 228, he was assigned to SDV-1 during Operation Red Wing. In all 11 Navy SEALs and 8 United States Army Night Stalkers were killed during the operation.

“Finding Myself” by Greg Bishop is an article written about how Bishop was mistaken for another man of the same name. Bishop, out of the blue, was asked almost daily if he had lost weight or if he played in the NFL. Bishop was fully aware he didn’t fit the claims, so he looked into it. Turns out, there was a Wikipedia article on the NFL player Greg Bishop, but his photo was replaced by the Bishop of this article. Astounded, Bishop decided to get into contact with the NFL player. After deep research and plenty of emails being bounced back, Bishop was able to find the cellphone number of the other Greg Bishop. They talked and they found out they have pretty similar backgrounds.

First is Marcus Luttrell, I chose to analyze Marcus Luttrel first because his most important character trait was his willingness to sacrifice, and he is the only main character that does not die. He took decision most of the time. For instance; one of the toughest decisions he had to take was by cutting the Taliban’s they caught loose despite the disagreement of his partners, which was the biggest mistake of his life. After letting Taliban’s loose; they called for backup. The four seals had no other options but to fight. A fierce firefight exploded between the four seals and a much larger enemy force of more than 50 anti-coalition militia. The enemy had the seals outnumbered. They also had terrain advantage. They launched a well-organized, three sided attack on the seals. The firefight continued relentlessly as the overwhelming militia forced the team deeper into a ravine. After losing all his comrades he had nobody but himself. Another example of Marcus sturdy attitude on page 244, the text states, “With absolutely no one to turn to, no Mikey, no Axe, no Danny, I had to face the final battle by myself, maybe lonely, maybe desolate, maybe against formidable odds. But I was not giving up.” I know this because Marcus knew he was probably going to die, but that didn’t stop him from not giving up. He had to live, or else his friends would have died in

Richard Newman is a poet that is very effective at what he does. He is able to not only tell you a story within his poems, he lets you actually be there with his powerful and moving imagery. Newman is also able to take the tone and voice of a poem and switch it up on the spot. As example in his poem “While You Were Away …”, he goes from talking about a guy knocking on a door beckoning for her to come out to talking about how he is sick with the month of March. His subjects and topics that he writes about or at least the two I’ve read for this assignment, both carry a darker and sadder feeling of it. Both “While You Were Away” and “The Unborn” have some diversion and flecks of humor sprinkled about, but the themes of loneliness, longing, death, and the awfulness of life. The humor does offer, if only for a moment, a breath or pause before diving back in. Newman can encapsulate and draw in readers with his work and each time you read one of his works, it leaves you in a midpoint between being done with said poem, but willing and wanting to dive on again and see what you will see this time.

Marcus Luttrell is the hero that brought hope back to all SEAL/S members. He was awarded the Navy Cross for combat heroism in 2006 by President Bush. While fighting for our country, his whole SEAL/S team was killed right before his eyes. Missing in action for five days, he was badly hurt and was cared for by the Pashtuns. Marcus displays a variety of the IB Learner Profile such as; caring, knowledgeable, and principled.

Nathanael West’s famous Miss Lonelyhearts is staged in Depression-era America following an advice columnist who writes under the self-proclaiming title of Miss Lonelyhearts. Miss Lonelyhearts works under a cynical, satanic boss, Shrike, who seeks nothing but pleasure by means of mocking the pain and suffering of the writers Miss Lonelyhearts advises. Even worse, Shrike’s disdain of the Christian religion forces Miss Lonelyhearts to detour what he knows everyone needs: faith. This schizophrenic mind game begins to affect practically every part of his life: his relationship with his lover and once-fiance, Betty, his viewpoint of the world and it's inhabitants, and even his health, both mental and physical. Miss Lonelyhearts becomes too involved

Based on a true story of four US Navy SEALs in Afghanistan. In 2005 , Navy SEALs Marcus Luttrell, Michael Murphy, Danny Dietz, and Matthew "Axe" Axelson deploy on a mission of surveillance and to take out Taliban leader Ahmad Shah. Though spotted by goatherds, Luttrell and his team decide not to kill, or tie them on the trees, but to release them. But one of the Afghans alerts a group of Taliban fighters to the invaders, and a terrible battle ensues, in which the SEALs find themselves hopelessly outnumbered and out gunned. The movie can be summed up into five phases : High Value Target, Reconnaissance and Surveillance team in Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan and Goatherds, Quick Response Forces, Villagers, and why the Navy Seals made a wrong choice.