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Chris Kyle's American Sniper By The Navy Seal

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("After the first kill," Kyle writes, "the others come easy. I don't have to psych myself up, or do something special mentally — I look through the scope, get my target in the crosshairs, and kill my enemy, before he kills one of my people."Kyle, Chris). American Sniper by the Navy Seal Chris Kyle is a great autobiography published in 2012. Chris Kyle was a 38 year old man that went into becoming an amazing and well-known Navy Seal. Kyle was a Navy Seal for 10 years; also he served in the Iraq War. This man has few awards, such as Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, and finally Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal. This book showed everyone his experiences and what went into being a lethal sniper in the world. Chris Kyle began his …show more content…

When he was little, Chris was taught by his dad how to shoot a rifle. As Chris grew up he became a rodeo cowboy for a few years before deciding that he wanted to be a SEAL He got interested in being a SEAL was because of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombing; eventually he was accepted for special training, which included BUDS,Basic Underwater Demolition. He got denied at first, then went back a tried again.. In chapter 2, he meets his wife Taya Renae at a bar and got married kinda quickly. After they got married was sent to Iraq after 9/11 attacks. Iraq was the first place that he shot a woman and boy that attacked U.S. Marines with a grenade. After the tour was over, Chris Kyle comes home to new baby boy and wife. While at home, he gets distracted by the memories of the war and experiences. Kyle would soon leave to go on another tour and was now Chief Petty Officer; while there he helps in killing The Butcher that was in his last tour. His daughter

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Chris Kyle was a U.S Navy Seal that served in the Iraq war as a legendary sniper. By some he is considered a villain because of his profession; however doing charity work helping another veteran cost him his life. Chris Kyle was born on April 8, 1974, in Odessa, Texas. Chris had a lot of experience with the outdoors because he grew up on a ranch. He hunted and competed in a bunch of bronco contest.

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When Chris Kyle was a senior in high school, he became a professional bull rider. He had grown up on a ranch and was consequently around animals all the time and he would have to tame many of the new ones that would come in. Through this he learned patience which later helped him become a better SEAL. About the start of Chris Kyle’s senior year of high school, he did his first ever rodeo where he won prize money. From there on out, he began to ride bulls and compete in rodeos more and more.

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Most Americans became aware of the sacrifices made by Chris Kyle from the resent movie American Sniper. Like Tillman and Beowulf, he too heard the calling to serve others in need, leaving everything on the line, just like Beowulf when he fought the

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In, book he claims, “The Navy credits me with more kills as a sniper than any other American service member, past or present” (Kyle 5). In other words, the Navy credits Chris as the deadliest sniper in American history. With “160 confirmed kills in Iraq” (Kyle 5). Chris didn’t give himself full credit.

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Numerous People state that Chris McCandless was a very thoughtless individual who made crazy decisions after graduating college. Yet many people found his actions to be inspiring as he risked his life to flee the hectic world that surrounded him. As Chris was raised in a perfect environment, living in wealthy middle-class, His relationship with his parents was very degenerating especially towards his father after he found out his dad cheated on his mother when he was younger. This ultimately led Chris to begin his trip to Alaska so he can find his true-self and to live life how it's meant to be lived.

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Chris McCandless was never too thrilled over following and living by the rules his parent's imposed. He was always a rebel, following his parents' rules until he could escape to the wild. When they learned of their son's demise in Alaska, they were devastated at most parents would be. They didn't know that the last time they saw Chris, would be their last because of his intention to leave them. Upon Chris disappearing from their lives, they were angry but thought they would see him again.

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In the autobiography Kyle writes that the altercation arose after Ventura made offensive comments about the SEALs. Ventura maintains that the passage is fabricated. Ventura asserts claims for defamation, invasion of privacy and unjust enrichment. Kyle being a SEAL, he did not have any sort of journalistic ethical training. It would seem safe to assume that he was not adequately supervised when writing his autobiography, although Ventura was not specifically named as the man in the book

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Heroes should not have sympathy for terrorists who harm or threaten your colleagues, there should be no regrets. Chris only pulls the trigger once he confirmed his target as a threat to his people. He is not afraid of God punishing him for the people he has killed, for they were truly evil, but afraid of other sins he has committed. As stated by bbc.com, Chris says that “Every person I killed I strongly believe that they were bad. When I do go face God there is going to be lots of things I will have to account for, but killing any of those people is not one of them.”

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