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    Fight to Succeed Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell was a very good book to me. Not only did it talk about military and SEAL stuff, it taught me things about life that other people have not told me. The SEALS had to train every day so that they could be ready. The training paid off for Marcus as he returned home alive from the bloody mission with a lot of wounds. Marcus taught me to never give up even when we think we can't do something. When Marcus and his SEALS were starting

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    Based on a true story, the movie ‘Lone Survivor’ features four Navy SEALs that set out on a mission to Afghanistan with orders to capture and kill Taliban leader Ahmad Shah. The Navy SEALS are detected by villagers and the mission was compromised. Ultimately, the mission had been discovered and the men found themselves surrounded by dozens of Taliban soldiers. One of the Navy SEAL soldiers managed to dispatch to base and retrieve assistance but the Taliban shoot down the helicopter. During battle

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    I chose the book Lone Survivor By Marcus Luttrell because I heard a few good reviews on the book and I was really interested in the story of Marcus Luttrell. The book was 389 pages. The authors objective was to write a story about what happened in his time a lone surviving in Afghanistan. He wanted to pay respects and remember his fallen brothers. He did do this by telling the reader their lasts moments as a team and as brothers in arms. It put the reader right where he was in every moment. When

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    I chose the book Lone Survivor By Marcus Luttrell because I heard a few good reviews on the book and I was really interested in the story of Marcus Luttrell. The book was 389 pages. When I first started reading the book it was slow and I didn’t like it very much. Luttrell takes up the first 3 chapters describing his life growing up in Texas and includes stories of his twin brother Morgan everywhere in the book. He talks about his younger days, his family life and growing up to be a proud Texan

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    Ethical Dilemma on the Battlefield: Analysis of Lone Survivor Scene Military personnel operating in combat missions must maintain mental and situational awareness of their area of operations. This includes a complete understanding of their physical and doctrinal training. Besides accomplishing their mission, soldiers must also consider the rules of engagement and the personal and professional ethics, values and morals that factor into their decisions in high stress environments (Allen, 2013). Well

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    The movie “Lone Survivor” is an excellent example of Joseph Campbell’s idea of the “monomyth”, or more widely known as the Hero’s Journey. The Hero’s Journey outlines the steps a hero will likely take on their path to become and develop as a hero. It has three main parts; The Departure, The Initiation, and The Return, with all of them consisting of smaller parts of the journey. “Lone Survivor”, the movie, follows these steps very closely, almost mirroring the Hero’s Journey as Campbell wrote it.

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    objective was to disrupt local Taliban activity. A four man team of United States Navy SEALs were tasked with surveillance and reconnaissance of the Ahamad Shah, the leader of the local Taliban forces, while he was in his command post. The book "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrell, a former Navy SEAL, is his account of the Honor, Courage, and Commitment shown by his fellow Navy SEALs during operation Red Wing. Marcus Luttrell graduated from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) class 228

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    Zac Mayo Ms. Mastro English 4A 20 November 2017 Literary Analysis Paper Ways the Tone Changed in Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell’s Lone Survivor analyzes the tone of the novel as the protagonist moves from childhood to civilian life. The three main ways that the tone changed throughout the novel were... going through camp/ training, fighting for the decision of life or death, and transitioning back to the normal life in Houston, Texas. Throughout the story, the main character Marcus Luttrell

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    Ryan Martin AP Govt: Book Report 10.8.16 Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 details the events of an unsuccessful Navy SEAL mission which resulted in 19 US Military casualties, and only one member of SEAL Team 10 surviving. The book was written by Marcus Luttrell with the help of ghost writer, Patrick Robinson, and published in 2007. Marcus

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    Lone Survivor is an autobiography, written by Marcus Luttrell. Marcus tells us the story of his childhood, his training to become a navy Seal and his first hand eyewitness account of the disastrous operation RedWing. Operation RedWing was a mission when Seals team 10, including Marcus and his three brothers in arms were assigned the task of hunting down and killing Taliban cell leader Ahmad Shah. During this mission the Navy Seals suffered their worst losses in Seal history since WW2 because about

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