Essay On American Sniper

American Sniper: or American Propaganda?
The film American Sniper has been criticized by numerous reviewers and celebrities as depicting Chris Kyle as "a killing machine with a heart of gold." and "racist who took pleasure in dehumanizing and killing brown people." (Rolling Stone, Matt Taibbi) but Clint Eastwood’s response was "The biggest anti-war statement any film" can make is to show "the fact of what [war] does to the family and the people who have to go back into civilian life like Chris Kyle did." The movie itself did exceptionally well at the box office as well the majority of the viewers had positive remarks regarding the film. Thus bringing controversy to the movie; while half of the viewers saw only the depiction of “war glorification,” …show more content…
This scene portrayed Kyle, who was no longer obligated to U.S. military service and then he essentially had an identity crisis; everything he had trained for, was taught, mentored other service members, and lived for no longer was vital to his day to day life. This for some is the hardest thing to accept, to close a chapter in your life that was a rollercoaster of experiences and emotions, I know of many colleagues and myself who tried to cope with this fact with the assistance of alcohol. Which also brings up surprising statistics of substance dependent veterans and also veterans that commit suicide after returning home. Depression, addiction, and survivors’ guilt, are fairly common among veterans that come back to the civilian world, and with limited resources to help veterans and their families many go unnoticed until it is too late. Chris Kyle did briefly go through this until he started to be an active volunteer for the VA (Veterans Association) and started to help other veterans find their calling or ease their current feeling (guilt/pain/depression etc.) of coming back