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    Jakob Neilson, a web usability consultant, found that people don 't read during every single second of a page visit. (Perez). The film American Sniper, uses a website to promote the films rhetorical aim that even in superhuman individuals a relatable vulnerability prevails. American Sniper’s website utilizes multimodal components and literary elements such as: photographs, musical features, symbolisms, appeals to ethos, angles of vision, and nutshell text to strengthen the promotion of the site.…

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    American Sniper is the film adaptation of the life of Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in U.S. military history. It was directed by Clint Eastwood, and it follows Chris Kyle’s life story, starting when he was a young child and going all the way until he was killed by a recovering veteran that he was helping after he returned from his tours in the middle east. The movie spends virtually equal time showing us what he did during his time at war, and how it affected his life at home. It does a good…

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    Independent novel The book American Sniper by Chris Kyle is the true story about himself a navy seal sniper and his experiences during war in the middle east. Chris Kyle was a small town farm boy who grew up to be one of the most lethal navy seal snipers that there was. Chris was born April 8, 1974, in Odessa Texas. In his own words, he was a “cowboy” which meant that he loved working on a ranch and getting his hands dirty with hard work. Later down the road, Chris decided to join the…

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    I stood amongst the crowd of people who had gathered to see what the commotion was; most recoiled in disgust at the sight of him. There lay a woman, whom no one had known well, but who had approached all who roamed the streets. Her face was pale—paler than mine, even—covered with thick layers of makeup that hid the wrinkles of her skin. The police would not expect me; I was masterful in my disguise. I looked like any other man on the street: a well-fitting suit, a tie, finely trimmed hair, and…

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    The scene then shifts to the husband going to knock on the enemy base’s door followed by him being vetted before entering. There is a quick cut to an American sniper who says “lights out Muj” and shoots the the man who opened the door. Once again, a western character categorizes a whole region into one category, “Muj”. The husband then picks up the rifle dropped by the man who opened the door and is instantly shot by American soldiers. The husband’s decision to pick up the gun illustrates the…

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    O’Flaherty called “The Sniper.” “The Sniper” takes place in Dublin, Ireland 1922 during the Irish Civil War. One night he was shot at by an enemy sniper and was hit once in his left arm. He used a ruse to kill the enemy sniper and when he found out the identity of his kill he was immediately remorseful. Over the course of The Sniper, the Republican sniper’s perspective, on the war, being a sniper, and his life, changed. At the beginning of the story, he liked being a sniper, liked the war, and…

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    American Sniper is a movie about love, family, and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). The main character is named Chris Kyle and his wife is name Taya Kyle, they have two children together and live in Texas. This paper will include a movie review and discuss how the movie used interpersonal communication. When the movie first begins they take the audience back in time to when Chris Kyle was a little boy and he gets his first kill (a deer) in the woods. As the movie continues we see a fight…

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    in a lab. They did not have family so they came together as one. Then he stuck together but had some hard times. The Eraser (The lab people) took their little sister Angel. They are trying to take her back. In Liam O’Flanherty’s book “The Sniper” there Family was torn apart. The brothers were in the Irish Civil War and where on different sides. One brother shot and killed…

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    Sniper Analysis In the midst of war, a soldier may find the right thing to do lying somewhere between life and death. In the midst of war, a soldier’s duty is to protect his country at any cost. Instinct takes over and erases the sense of morals a soldier has, as it is simply kill, or be killed. The short story, “The Sniper”, by Liam O’Flaherty, depicts the conflict of a Republican sniper caught in the separation of his country during the Irish civil war. O’Flaherty sets the story in the…

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    “The Sniper” and the “Horseman in the Sky” consist of two extremely meaningful characters. Carter Druse, a young wealthy Virginian, and a Republican sniper, have various similarities and differences on their ways of handling their conflicts. In these two short stories they are both young snipers. Beside, having the same occupation, as being a sniper, they both are faced with the same conflict… killing a family member. Carter Druse, a sniper who is fighting for the Union, while his father is…

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