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I walk away from Lone Survivor feeling like a changed person, hopefully a greater person for it.
Lone Survivor is an autobiographical book following SEAL Marcus Luttrell in his life as a SEAL and his mission in Afghanistan with his team.
Luttrell's words are perfect. The mix between rigid military talk and casual slang makes the story so real. I cried with him at the losses he felt.
The book seemed to be split with a message behind his story of survival.
The first section goes into a lot of detail about his training as a SEAL and everything he learned. That the lessons behind a SEAL strongly support the idea of "brotherhood" and "team". Everything he did prior/during Afghanistan was in support and supported by his team.
The second section follows him after the loss of his team, where he finds a different kind of brotherhood in Sabray. In this small Pashtun herding town, he finds a team in the chief, local doctor and the chief's son. Like SEALS, they would defend Luttrell to the death under their own tribal guidelines.
Lone Survivor strikes me as a story of brotherhood extending across countries and cultures.
It's true survived some really difficult situations and many people died during his mission, but he survived alongside his SEAL brothers and his tribal brothers. It's such a powerful story for him as a person and for what it meant at the time.
I remember the beginning of the Afghanistan war very well in the late stages of high school. I remember the hate spread of the people/culture with blatant racist tones. This book was needed then and it's needed now-maybe not for Afghan people, but for all cultures. If we expect to survive, we need to be "brothers" and work together under whatever motto/rules we fall under.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON SHOULD READ THIS BOOK! I'm sticking it into rotation. I'll definitely read it again. It's priceless.
I walk away from Lone Survivor feeling like a changed person, hopefully a greater person for it.
Lone Survivor is an autobiographical book following SEAL Marcus Luttrell in his life as a SEAL and his mission in Afghanistan with his team.
Luttrell's words are perfect. The mix between rigid military talk and casual slang makes the story so real. I cried with him at the losses he felt.
The book seemed to be split with a message behind his story of survival.
The first section goes into a lot of detail about his training as a SEAL and everything he learned. That the lessons behind a SEAL strongly support the idea of "brotherhood" and "team". Everything he did prior/during Afghanistan was in support and supported by his team.
The second section follows him after the loss of his team, where he finds a different kind of brotherhood in Sabray. In this small Pashtun herding town, he finds a team in the chief, local doctor and the chief's son. Like SEALS, they would defend Luttrell to the death under their own tribal guidelines.
Lone Survivor strikes me as a story of brotherhood extending across countries and cultures.
It's true survived some really difficult situations and many people died during his mission, but he survived alongside his SEAL brothers and his tribal brothers. It's such a powerful story for him as a person and for what it meant at the time.
I remember the beginning of the Afghanistan war very well in the late stages of high school. I remember the hate spread of the people/culture with blatant racist tones. This book was needed then and it's needed now-maybe not for Afghan people, but for all cultures. If we expect to survive, we need to be "brothers" and work together under whatever motto/rules we fall under.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON SHOULD READ THIS BOOK! I'm sticking it into rotation. I'll definitely read it again. It's priceless.