American Sniper Psychological Analysis

There is one aspect that they should have alluded to more in the film. Although it is implied he has a bit of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, the film does not confirm or deny if he has it. You can predict he has a form of PTSD because whenever he returns home from his tours, he is detached from his family because of his persistent thoughts about the war. If he hears the sound of a drill, it freaks him out and makes him think about the incident where Zarqawi drilled into a child’s leg. Any time there is a sound that reminds him of the war he automatically gets distracted and engulfed in it. This upsets Taya and each time he comes home it creates a bigger rift between them and strains their marriage. Taya says that he does not know when to quit and “if you leave again we may not be here when you come back”. The other thing I wish they went into more detail about was his sense
According to his wife Taya Kyle, “If there was ever going to be a movie that was even going to come close to getting it right, this was it”, Jon Anderson, ‘American Sniper’ widow says the film gets it right, (USA Today, 2014) , 2. Taya also says, “I left feeling like a weight had been lifted. They really pulled it off. It's an authentic, genuine look at two people who love each other and what our veterans go through and what they carry ... how they take their home life to the battlefield and take the battlefield home.” If his own wife is saying that the film is accurate to his story, the film must be accurate to his story. She is the one person who understood Kyle’s story just as well because she was a major part of it. The film also helped her heal after his sudden death. I was very moved by his story and felt that I learned a lot about the Iraq war, how war impacts individuals, and how war impacts family members. His legacy will be remembered for the modern American Hero he was and how he put other individuals and his country before