“American Sniper Summative Essay” By Kevin Zvonarek The book I chose for the summative essay assignment was “American Sniper” by Chris Kyle. This book is about the courageous and thrilling memoir of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history. With over 100 documented kills during his four tours of duty‚ Chris Kyle has shed light on the dangerous brave life of a sniper. During his four tours of duty in the Iraq war he has come close to death and saved countless lives. He changed a lot from
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Andrew Colgrove Ramsey Wise Film Studies 1800 American Sniper After seeing the film‚ American Sniper‚ it absolutely met and exceeded my expectations. Everything from the quality of life during war‚ to the actual fear both sides faced‚ was shown in great detail during the film. One thing that stood out to me was how the directors and writers depicted the enemy’s lifestyle. Many war movies today only focus on the American side of war. During this movie it showed the struggles and hard
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Novel Joseph T. Ward writes this inspiring true story on cruelty of the war in Vietnam from his perspective. From the time he makes his decision to join the Marines in the beginning of the book all the way to making it to Vietnam as a Marine Scout Sniper. Among the Joseph T. Ward‚ Dave Young‚ Mike O’Grady‚ and Nick Herrera (whom all since childhood have been friends with Joseph T. Ward and decided to join the Marines with him) share six purple hearts. This novel shows a particular side of one of America’s
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the hands of others countless times to protect the Americans’ right to freedom; even if it means not living another day again. In the memoir‚ American Sniper‚ Chris Kyle‚ a former Navy SEAL‚ writes about his brave and near-death experiences in war. The book explains Chris’s thoughts through every shot and life he took‚ through his faith and beliefs‚ that held true to his real character. Chris Kyle’s main idea in his writing was to educate the American people on what all soldiers had to go through‚ not
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Various lasting impacts on individuals is not only portrayed through war‚ it is portrayed through many other tragic events that go on in today’s society. The consequences of a negative event can have 3rd party effects on people. In the film ‘American Sniper’ directed by clint eastwood. An important theme is that war is always a tragedy and has various lasting impacts on individuals. This means that important events that happen in your life stay with you and impact on the things you do. You can’t
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The Essay The Working Title: 5 The fairytale ``The sniper´´‚ written by Liam O´Flaherty‚ is about a symbolizing action of two snipers fighting during the civil war in Dublin. Written from the perspective of the sniper sitting on the roof ( limited omniscient) the setting as a street near to O´Connell Bridge. In the time around 1922 there was a civil war in Ireland where Republicans fought Free Staters. The battles were everywhere‚ either on the opened street or in buildings. It didn´t depend on
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John is a Commander who works on the INFINITY. John travel the universe on the INFINITY and does special missions on planets with his Squad‚ Which the ituxi took over. John is a Master Chief he is a spartan. Spartans get armor which increases strength and speed and agility. Master Chiefs are the best of the spartans‚ and John was the first to become a Master Chief. John was on a mission to scout the enemy Fortress‚ but in the process he encounters a group of hunters from the ituxi. The hunters were
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The Sniper has been around since the early 1800’s and first started out with the British army. The First American Snipers were implemented as early as the American Revolutionary War. During this time the Colonists would climb trees and hide amongst the branch’s and leaves to keep concealed‚ and strike the enemy when they were within range. The early rifles used by Snipers were constructed of smooth barrels enabling from making accurate consisted shots. It wasn’t until gun manufactures started to
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veteran gives a surprise to his/her special person which were very inspirational and emotional. However‚ after once I read through almost half of the study‚ I had the vision of the movie‚ American Sniper which was a biographical war drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and was based on a real-life American Sniper‚ Chris Kyle. It made conceptualize that for military couples it weren’t all happiness for them because‚ in the movie‚ he was a really successful and celebrated veteran‚ however‚ the tours
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According to his wife Taya Kyle‚ “If there was ever going to be a movie that was even going to come close to getting it right‚ this was it”‚ Jon Anderson‚ ‘American Sniper’ widow says the film gets it right‚ (USA Today‚ 2014) ‚ 2. Taya also says‚ “I left feeling like a weight had been lifted. They really pulled it off. It’s an authentic‚ genuine look at two people who love each other and what our veterans go through
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