Chris Kyle, The main character and author of American Sniper, shows that true bravery is doing something that needs to be done even though a person might be scared to do it, even when it requires him or her to make a difficult choice, even when he had to do something most people would consider unthinkable, and ultimately causing him to give up his life.
The courage of Navy seals, difficult choices and bravery In American Sniper, Chris Kyle shows the courage of the of the Navy seal when he has to make a difficult choice. The most difficult choice he faces is completing his job as a sniper while he was a Navy seal. Killing other soldiers holding guns was just part of Chris Kyle's job. He had a natural talent for shooting and accepted the role of a sniper which he believed was critical to protecting his brothers in today’s style of warfare. He is good at his job, credited with the longest successful shots, killing an insurgent sniper who was aiming at his brothers with what he modestly called, “a straight-up luck shot.” …show more content…
Kyle understood that this needed to be done because the enemy would use non- obvious soldiers against American soldiers. This tactic made it harder for the troops to depict enemies between civilians Much more than he expected, he was required to shoot women or children who were used as suicide bombers and who would not respond to orders to stop. Afterwards he said, “the woman was already dead, I was just making sure she did not take any Marines with her.” Chris was not afraid to carry out his orders, but struggled with the idea of killing potentially innocent victims who might not have a bomb as