Wasdin Chapter 11 Analysis

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In chapter 10 and 11 in Wasdin's book, SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper, he greatly develops the themes of morality and brotherhood. These themes are used throughout the book and are heavily impactful in these chapters.

The theme of morality is someone's moral standards keeping them at bay. Morality is developed when Wasdin and a few others spare some of their MREs for their guards of Pasha. They know that Adid is controlling the supply line of food, water, etc., so them giving food not only helps the guards, but the guards' families as well. They know that they don't need the MREs because they have a chef. Another way that morality has been developed in chapter 10, is when Wasdin, Casanova, and a few others went to the house next to Pasha and helped the boy with his gangrene and scurvy. They didn't have to, but they couldn't see the boy suffer anymore when it all started with Adid. The theme of morality was also developed earlier and chapter 7. He was extracting from an op when the Humvee got stuck trying to avoid an enemy bunker. 14 Iraqi soldiers came out and Wasdin
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In chapter 10, brotherhood is developed in how the SEALs, assets, Delta, CIA, and the Rangers work together to gain information about the deed and his lieutenants such as Atto. Even though they all don't have much in common, they all want to stop the civil war in Somalia and end Adid's reign of terror. Brotherhood was developed earlier in the book during BUD/S training in chapter 5. Because everyone was dropping so fast, the ones you could really count on are the ones who are there through everything. Wasdin States that BUD/S trains you to look out for each other. Brotherhood is developed immensely in the book for any military personnel relies on brotherhood. Brotherhood helps get the operation get done because they all can rely on each other to do their

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