WRIT 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Chris Kyle, Eye For An Eye, War Film
Document Summary
American sniper is a film based on kyle"s best-selling memoir of the same title that could lead. Another sad reality is when joining the military is the only job option to young people in poor, economically stressed areas. Not only will they get a paycheck, but they will be serving their country. This is america"s shame as we now live in a state of continual war and fear. Chris kyle was his father"s son and a victim of american hubris, cultural and economic expansionism, and dependence on oil. He is the military sniper with the most kills in history. Chris" dad may have been thankful for the gift of aggression, but look where it got chris and thousands of others like him in wars that never had to be. Chris may have suffered some inner turmoil over his actions, but in the end, he went with it.
