American Sniper Theme

The texts of ‘American Sniper’ and ‘Tama Tu’ also portray the theme of violence while exploring how conflict leads to warfare which ultimately ends in death. In the text ‘American Sniper’, violence is shown in three significant scenes. In this extended film Chris Kyle, the most-celebrated sniper in American military history, decides to become a Navy SEAL to serve his country after the event of 9/11. The first significant scene, the opening scene, starts off with a variety of shots of the American infantry walking through a war-torn village in Iraq with dead bodies and soldiers with hand held weapons. The shots are from a low angle to help emphasize the position Chris is revealed in. We see Chris up on a highrise building spying on the soldiers with his gun at
With contrast to high angle shots, the close up of the tank treads symbolises the destructive power and the sense of war which shows the established rivalry between the Americans and the Iraqi. This contrasts to the second significant scene in the middle of the film which is used to position the audience to be on the American’s side who are shown to be the light in a dark and dangerous place. In this scene we see an Iraqi soldier hiding in a dark doorway with bright white colours symbolising heaven, helping to emphasize the fact that death and war is near as the American’s stroll through the building to not be scared by violence. This then introduces us near the end of the film to the last significant scene of the film where the primary villain, the Iraqi sniper is portrayed. In this scene, Kyle and his team are ambushed by the sniper who is hiding away on a rooftop of an old building. Because the sniper is higher than Kyle, it is leaving Kyle exposed, vulnerable and weak which forces the Americans to abort and run from the