Objective Summary #4

Kameron Quackenbush
Johal
English 10
17 March 2014
            In pages 228-304 of the biography, "American Sniper", by Chris Kyle, Chris finally comes home from his second deployment, but he till has struggles away from the war. Chris's marriage is starting to fall apart as his wife, Taya, has had to take on all of the responsibilities of raising their children alone. Taya gave birth to their second child just after Chris left for his second deployment. Taya is becoming very annoyed and almost angry with Chris because this is the second time he has missed out on raising his own child. When Chris returned from the war he expected his marriage and home life to pick up immediately, but his relationship with Taya was at a stand still. As his third deployment was coming up, things got worse. Chris had to choose between staying in the states and raising his family and marriage, or going back into the action of the war. Chris explains how this was one of the hardest decisions of his life. He did what he thought was right in his heart, he chose war. Taya was torn and truly concerned about their marriage. She believed that when Chris made this decision to return to war, that this meant he loved and cared more about his platoon and killing insurgents than he did about their marriage and family. Chris truly did love the war, it's his passion. Chris states that in his mind if he is fit and in his right mind then he should be fighting for his country. Chris assured Taya that this will be his last deployment, but Taya is weary about it. As Chris gets ready to deploy out to the middle east again he is assigned to a new team. The brothers he has fought with for the past four years are now getting replaced with completely new SEALS that Chris has to deal with. Chris knew it would happen eventually, but he never wanted it to actually happen. He now has to get familiar with his new crew of soldiers and get ready to fight again.

This is the navy seal logo, the trident. It represents how the SEALS are more important to Chris than his family and marriage.



Kyle, Chris, and Scott McEwen. "Pg.228-304." American sniper: the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history. New York: W. Morrow, 2012. Pg.228-304. Print.