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American sniper

American Sniper is a interesting movie about a SEAL 3 soldier Christopher Scott ”Chris” Kyle. Chris Kyle is a world famous shooter who holds the US record of the most sniper kills. During 2003-2009 got Kyle 160 confirmed kills with his sniper. He served in the Iraq War and got rewarded with many medals for his duty. Kyle wrote a bestselling novel about his life the American Sniper. After his death in 2012 Clint Eastwood directed a movie about the novel. Kyle was shot and killed at a shooting range in Texas along with is friend.

Born and raised in Texas, it had  influence in Kyle. When he was young he used often go hunting with his father. He wanted to become a cowboy and one of his favorite hobbies was to do rodeo. After the attacks that happened September 11 2001 decided he to apply for the SEAL. Many training camps he finally got a spot in the squad. Because his background in hunting was he a skillful shooter so it seemed natural for him to specialize as sniper. Kyle reputation spread fast and the other soldiers started to call him ”The Legend”. Chris was ambitious soldier and he wanted to revenge the terrorist for their attacks. Even the terrorist feared Kyle and a bounty was set for his head. Once his duty ended was  he not the same guy anymore. He suffered posttraumatic stress disorder and the everyday life became hard. Kyle wanted to kill a enemy sharpshooter called ”Mustafa”. Mustafa was responsible for many US soldiers deaths. Kyle killed Mustafa with a historical shot. The kill shot is the 8th longest sniper kill ever recorded with over 1 kilometer.

When Chris Kyle was killed his memorial was  held in Cowboy Stadium in Texas February 2, 2013.  Today patriots all around The United Stats remember him as a hero.The film was one of the best biographys i have ever seen and i do not question why he is so respected.

 

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The Hobbit

The Hobbit is orginally a novel written by J.R.R Tolkien.  John Ronald Rauel Tolkkien, or better know as J.R.R Tolkien wrote many fantasy novels. He made a imaginative world called Middle-Earth, where lived all kinds of creatures like dwarfs, elfs and wizards. Tolkien wrote many books about the stories in Middle-Earth, but the most known was the trilogy, Lord of The Rings. Lord of The Rings tells about the events happened after The Hobbit.

The Hobbit or There and Back Again as the book is called is story about a young little hobbit called Bilbo Baggins that graved after an adventure. Bilbo lived in a so called Shire. The shire was a calm place and as hobbits were known, they enjoyed mostly smoking their pipes and taking care about their gardens, but then there where Bilbo. Bilbo had a little spark of adventure in him. He didnt like the thought o spending his hole life in the Shire, he wanted to know how was it on the other side of Middle-Earth.

Bilbos good old friend Gandalf the Grey was a wizard. One of the four wizards in Middle-Earth. Gandalf had promised to the dwarfs to take back what was stolen from them, their home. The dwarfs used to live in a mountain called Lonely Mountain. It wasnt just any mountain it was the biggest in the hole Middle Earth. The mountain had been captured by a big dragon, Smaug. Gandalfs, Bilbos and the 13 dwarfs where supposed to conquer the mountain back. They needed Bilbo to steal the Arkenstone from the mountain without waking the dragon. Bilbo was perfect for the task because the dragon wasent familiar with hobbits smell and he could move without making a sound. The journey to the mountain where filled with a variety of hazards and Bilbo hoped often that he could be sitting in his armchair smoking his pipe and not facing deadly dangers.

J.R.R Tolkiens work is filled with small little details and that made him one of the best writers in the entire world. Everybody that likes fantasy novels or films should  familiarize themselves with The Hobbit because there is nothing like it.

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