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American Sniper Metaphors

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”There are three types of people in this world: sheep, wolves, and sheepdogs.”The sheep are the good but naive people and are therefore vulnerable, the wolves are the evil ones who prey on these good ‘helpless’ people, and the sheepdogs are the strong one, “the rare breed who live to confront the wolf”, who are there to protect the good people – the sheep. This is the movies central moral metaphor, and it is seen all throughout the film, a classic battle between good and evil.
American Sniper is an American biographical war drama film, directed by Clint Eastwood and written by Jason Hall. The story is loosely based on Chris Kyle’s memoir American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History. The film follows the life of Kyle who struggles to find a balance between his personal and family life and the military. Chris Kyle became the deadliest marksman in U.S. military history with 160 officially confirmed kills out of …show more content…

Embassies which are the cause for him to join the Navy SEALS. This filming technique portrays Chris Kyle as a hero; ready to serve wherever he is needed, quickly winning over the audience as they respect his noble decisions. This technique is repeated to further reinforce Chris Kyle’s ‘hero like’, ‘sheepdog’ approach to life when he witnesses the 9/11 attack on the news, once again causing him to jump into action to protect the vulnerable ‘sheep’. This repetitious technique is really effective to create an emotional bond with the audience who can see he puts other lives before his own, this technique not only shows his selflessness but also supports the movies central moral metaphor that Chris Kyle is a ‘sheepdog’ that must protect the good from the

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Kyle got into many fights, as a child and as an adult. In his book he says, "While I got into a lot of fights, I didn 't start most of them" (9). He explains how he would defend himself and his brother, but expanded to defending anyone. He claims it was his duty, which shows that Kyle had a true passion for helping people. Chris Kyle 's childhood had a big impact on who he was as an adult.

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You cannot fault Kyle for hating the people that were attempting to kill innocent American people. Chris Kyle was a hero who fought for the United States, and deserves to be treated like one. When it’s all said and done, Chris Kyle is a hero. He may be a little rough around the edges, but after war who can blame him? His fame was brought about by how many people he killed and Hollywood.

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In the film American Sniper directed by Clint Eastwood and the novel Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, both works exhibit depiction of war through the protagonist. However, each work is portrayed differently as they each show a representation with opposite depiction of war. While one decides to promote war, the other diminish it. In Eastwood’s adaptation of American Sniper, his insight appears as a promotion for pro-war propaganda, in contrast, Slaughterhouse Five depicts ideas that portray the war in a poor light. American Sniper retells the story of Chris Kyle, a Navy Seal who was reported to have 160 confirmed kills.

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In the scene, Mustafa is shown to be 1,900 yards away, hiding behind clotheslines, while Chris Kyle is in clear sight of Mustafa on the top of a building. The difference in their locations depicts the stereotype that people from the Orient are calculating and cowardly. When Chris decides to shoot Mustafa, close ups of him are shown to allow the audience to understand the process Kyle goes through to take such a long shot. When he releases the trigger, the camera follows the bullet as it travels to Mustafa and the angle only changes for a split second when the bullet pierces Mustafa’s skull. The thing to notice in this sequence is that the emphasis is placed on Chris Kyle and his bullet instead of on Mustafa and his impending death.

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He didn’t do more, didn’t save more United States Marines. He believed the war cause righteous. Kyle is saved by doing what he felt he fell short of doing in Iraq with helping with wounded warriors. He wasnt keeping good relational needs with his wife and friends, examples in the movie was she was angry at him and his blood pressure was high. Kyle seen his identity as being rightious and loyal.

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