Loner Survivor #5

Marcus Lutrell did a great job telling this story. I have read some posts on the internet bashing this book and saying that he lied about a lot of this and everything, and I have been left with disbelief after reading some of this. This man is a hero, he put his life on the line for his country and went through some terrible things for us. I am able to sit here and write this blog tonight without having to be worried about being harmed in any way. He is a hero and there are still people from our own country that are bashing on him and trying to prove this story wrong. That is terrible in my opinion and I can not seem to understand why people are like that. You would think that these people would be thankful and would be writing good things about him and talking about how he is such a hero because he is doing something that I could guarantee these people writing things about him on the internet would never be brave enough to do themselves. I know they are entitled to their own opinion but I can not grasp how someone could act like that. That's the problem with the country today. Many people do not realize how lucky they are to live in the United States of America and they just take it all for granted. One day in the shoes of Marcus Luttrell or any of his Navy Seal team mates and I know that it would make these people think twice before posting things bashing on this book and on him. I would say Marcus Luttrell is one of the most respectable men in this country, along with any other man or woman serving in our military. People just take advantage of having people that would be willing to lay down their lives for our country and for people here in the United States. That just leads to another thing that I hear, nowadays many people that see a man or woman in uniform out in public would not just go up and say thank you to these people. Many times if I see anyone go up and thank this person it is usually an older person. I feel that there is not enough pride in our country anymore. People definitely do not love our country enough. Maybe if more people had such a great and strong love for our country then our country would be doing a lot better. I truly believe that anyone that wants to live here should love our country and have pride in our flag and country.

Lone Survivor #4

Marcus Luttrell was the main character in this book and he is also the one telling the story, he is the author. Marcus Luttrell is talking about his experiences over in the Middle East in countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq. Marcus Luttrell goes into some detail of a couple different missions that he went on while in the Middle East and I remember him writing first about a mission that him and his fellow Navy Seals went on in Iraq. He talks about the horrors they saw and how that he had to always be on guard. He specifically said at a couple different points in the book that he had to start thinking and fighting like the terrorists. Marcus Luttrell said he had to do this just so that he and the other Navy Seals could stay alive. His brothers, the other Navy Seals, also started to think and act like the terrorists to stay alive. It amazes me how he describes the bad situation in these places and makes you feel like you are almost there. Marcus Luttrell does a great job describing the early missions that him and his teammates went on before the main mission that this book is based on. I think that it really opened up the fact that the reader was going to hear some bad stories and have some bad thoughts and mental pictures, but also that at the same time the reader would feel other good feelings about the book such as pride in your country, maybe even safe at home and even thankful for our situation living in the United States of America. It did that for me at least, while reading this I felt extreme amounts of pride in my country and really makes me feel like we are the best country in the world. I realized how safe it is here in America and that is contributed to the brave men and women that put their lives in danger so that we can be safe and live in a safe and great country. I strongly believe that anyone in our country that read this book would feel pride and would have a stronger sense of security. After talking about the missions in the beginning of the book he started to go into the big mission and also the tragic mission in which he lost his brothers. The reader pretty much knows from the beginning of the book what is going to happen to the men and that all but one of them is going to be killed. Actually, you can assume that before you even open the book just by the title of the book.