American Sniper Blog 2

Summary      

       A lot of stuff has been going for Chris Kyle and the Seals. Its 2005 now in the timeline, Chris Kyle wrote. The enemy has already placed a bounty for Chris Kyle for his lethal shots against the enemy. He's experience what a SEAL is and how they hunt the enemy. Chris Kyle states that "Now the enemy were coming for me, not the Marines. They knew I was lethal enough that I could take out 2 people with one shot." Now Chris and his Wife are starting a family before he left to war in 1999. One moment that Chris was facing the face of death when his wife told him it was going to be a boy. Later shots fire at the squadron that he was looking after and later died cause Chris wasn't paying attention and letted 6 soldiers that day. Now Chris needs to control his temper and keep calm. Or maybe face death agin and let more soldiers die. 

Theme 

       I think what Chris Kyle is trying to say is that "You need to take chances and become who you want to be." At Chris wanted to become a cowboy growing up, later wanted to be a soldier. What inspire him was Gulf War and Vietnam. Chris choose who he wanted to be, no one stop him and became one of the most lethal sniper in U.S history. Chris Kyle also wanted people to do there own stuff and believe what you believe in. He has faced hatred by plenty of people, there telling him his killing people cause he wanted to. But Chris carried along and ignore. 

American Sniper Blog 1

Connections

       So far, in American Sniper aka the Life of Chris Kyle. The most lethal Sniper in US. history, during the Iraq War in 2003 to 2009. I always wondered how was a soldiers lifestyle during the Iraq war. As of January 11th 2015, it has become a major motion movie. So I decided to read the book of Chris Kyle. In one of the pages on 5 it said that " It was my duty to shoot, and I don't regret it." I always wanted to join some branch of the military when I grow up. But my parents and my uncles told me that I will regret it when I "shoot someone" Chris Kyle (author) has been faced with hate but he ignores it from the media. At first he didn't regret it joining the Navy then, later becoming a SEAL (Sea Air and Land). But he facing a whole different army that he will ever expect. If I join the military, I don't know what will come into my face.


Plot Analysis

      In the beginning of the story we see Chris Kyle in a abounded building looking throughout the entire street. He's guarding the Marines down to Bagdad, Iraq. Until he sees this woman holding an object, turns out it was a Chinese hand grenade. Now he is putting a squad of Marines life at risk. He has no other choice, either to shoot the woman or loose American lives. Can't take the risk "BANG!' the woman is down on the ground. I believe that Chris Kyle will see similar things like this again in the near future. He has to test himself either " To kill or be killed. " He is responsible to look at squads patrolling the street and make sure there isn't any enemies or suicide bombers. I believe that he's going let a squadron (group of soldiers) die or maybe kill an innocent bystander on the street.

Academic Goal and Personal Goals

       As the new year comes in, new goals are presented to me. Getting better in Math as such as Geometry, Probability, and graphs. In the beginning of the year, I started in a slow start not having honors and mostly cause of math. My teacher recommended me staying after school or stay during lunch. I have not taking that responsibility to myself and helping me for the greater good. My mom always tells me to get help but, I keep telling her I'm doing well in Math. The second quarter I've gotten better but I still need to improve. Now in quarter 3 I'm taking my actions for myself and my skills in math. I go to a teacher if I need help or not understanding something. I'm doing this action to myself and my family as they have high expectations for me and my future. 

       Try to talk to new people in my grade and my age.  I don't really interact with other people besides the people I like. But I need to get out of my shell and try to meet people. I know that some people I don't need to talk to cause I think they cause trouble. But getting to know people could distract my education or mess up my athletic skills. By meeting new people, we could learn that we may have the same thing in common.  Or maybe taking to the same person but maybe get to know people more. By doing this I could improve my social skills and feel comfortable talking to people