Chris Kyle In American Sniper

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In American Sniper, the primary character, Chris Kyle, is an American sniper. Through the whole film, Kyle was forced to make both right and wrong decisions. The actions that he performed illustrated several of the eleven Army Principles, Those actions were prevalent throughout the whole movie.

The film starts with a vital choice making scene in which US Navy SEAL sniper, Chris Kyle is on a roof overlooking the course of a US military caravan through his rifle. While searching the area, he notices a non-American troop on a housetop communicating on his cell, who gives off an impression of watching the caravan. Kyle is uncertain of whether this man is an enemy or an innocent man stuck in the city, and reports it through his radio. Kyle is informed that if the man is reporting information about the caravan, he has permission to shoot the man. Kyle wasn't positive over who the guy was talking to or what he was talking about. His Marine reinforcement recommends that he might simply be talking about a completely different topic with somebody on the cellphone and may be a bystander who isn't part of the war. The man then left the housetop and isn't seen again. Some time passed and a lady and a child leave the same building, they walk into the street, and stroll toward the escort. Kyle then radios down giving information on the two individuals. He also mentions that the lady was carrying something with her. Nobody from the
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A marine walked up to Kyle and mentioned how that back in Fallujah, he was wounded pretty badly and that Kyle carried to safety where he was given medical attention which saved his life. Kyle was feeling uncomfortable because the marine was thanking and praising him for saving his life. Kyle showed selfless service because at that battle scene, Kyle put his life in jeopardy in order to save one of his fellow marines. He also put his life on the line for his

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