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Monday, February 17, 2014

Lone Survivor, by Marcus Luttrell

In the book, Lone Survivor, by Marcus Luttrell, Marcus is going through rigorous training that pushes everyone to their limits. "H*** Week" is one of or the toughest training to go through to become a Navy Seal. This training is a week long and the trainees must be awake for nearly the entire time. They are put through numerous drills, exercises, simulations, that are extremely difficult. Every person is pushed to their limit, and many people can't handle it. Half of Marcus's class had left because this week of training was so hard. Some of the top people that did exceptionally well in the training, quit, because the training was so mentally and physically exhausting. This shows that Marcus is very determined and persistent to keep trying. He has come this far in training, and he knows that all Navy Seals had to have accomplished this training. He kept pushing on, and he survived through this unbearable training. Marcus was pushed far, and it shows that he is a strong character to continue through the harsh training.

In the book, Lone Survivor, by Marcus Luttrell, the current main conflict is getting through the training. Navy Seal training is very repetitive, and extremely hard. Anything you do is a workout or exercise. Everyone gets up early and heads out to do the morning drills. Then after an exhausting workout or drill they can go get breakfast. But, they must run to the dining hall carrying their boat with them. After breakfast they do long exhausting drills until lunch. They run with their boats to the dining hall. Then back out doing drills all afternoon. Then dinner comes, and they eat, then continue with more drills. Eventually they can return to their bunks and wash up to be ready for the next day. The training they go through is repetitive, and they go through it everyday. Not all days are the same, and sometimes they get up at random hours of the night and are ordered to get up and go through drills.

It is so physically and mentally exhausting. To become a Navy Seal you must survive and go through the hardest training in the world.

1 comment:

  1. That training looks super tough I don't think I could handle carrying a boat over my head like that.

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