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The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday Mark Owen Analysis

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Lexie L. Madlem Miss Rice Honors English I 18 April 2017 The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday Mark Owen (Matt Bissonnette’s pen name to protect his identity at the time) was one of twenty-four members of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group—more popularly known as SEAL Team Six or DEVRGU. During his time as a Navy SEAL, he participated in hundreds of missions around the globe, including the famous rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the Indian Ocean in 2009. He was a team leader on Operation Neptune Spear in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 1, 2001, which resulted in the death of the world’s most wanted man—Osama bin Laden. Through his book No Easy Day: The Autobiography of a Navy SEAL, he illustrates to the world the difficulties of being a Navy SEAL who was among the best of the best by using a rare structure filled with rhetorical elements and strong diction. In the beginning, Owen begins with a brief account of his thoughts as he and his crew flew in two MH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to Abbottabad, Pakistan, where they would carry out Operation Neptune Spear (the mission that killed bin Laden). Owen …show more content…

Owen was even fined $4.5 million dollars for writing about a secret mission without the government’s consent. For some time, he appeared in disguises and not his real “form” to protect his identity. His book lets the reader feel what Mark felt during that heart-racing mission that ended the reign of the worlds most wanted man. His diction is strong and truly expresses the colors of a SEAL (SEALs are seen to use harsh language that many people don’t find acceptable). His use of flashbacks to older missions helps show what the smallest thing can change and even save someone’s life when it comes to war. “The only easy day was yesterday,” is the Navy SEAL motto and Mark exposed that to people who are unaware of the struggles SEAL’s face

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