Lyke American Assassin Short Blog

Out of all of the characters so far in American Assassin, Mitch Rapp seems most similar to myself. He wants to do good but sometimes he gets lost in the heat of the moment. There have been multiple occasions where he has started fights or done things that were questionable but in some way, he always thought he would do something to benefit the greater good. Sometimes he has seen his own self interest as the greater good which is something that everyone does at some point, but it can make him come off as selfish. For instance, Rapp is fighting with Victor, who is seen as a bully, and Rapp gets him in a hold with the potential to do long-lasting damage. Instead of letting up and calling the fight, Rapp continues to squeeze harder and then there is a pop. Rapp broke Victor’s arm. Doing so was not the moral play, but it was what Rapp thought was the greater good for the rest of the trainees because they would be without a bully for a period of time. I can personally relate to that feeling and even though I have never broken anyone’s arm, I have lost temper in sports and laid a big hit on a kid on the other team that is playing the game in a dangerous way. Even though Mitch Rapp is a fictional character, I can relate to a lot of the decisions he has made and some of the mistakes he has made are ones that I have made, just on a smaller scale.