Liam O 'Flaherty's Short Story The Sniper'

The main character in The Sniper was in a fire fight. He shot and killed 3 people. After the fire fight he started to dwell on what he did .In the story it said, “The lust of battle dies in him. He became bitten by remorse.” As a result, “he looked at the smoking revolver in his hand, and with an oath he hurled it to the roof at his feet. The revolver went off… The bullet whizzed past the sniper’s head.” Because of him dwelling, he almost killed himself.

The Sniper, written by Liam O’Flaherty, is a story about a Republican sniper in the Irish civil war in 1922. This story tells of a night spent on a roof looking for the enemy, the Free-Staters. In this short description of the nights events, the sniper kills 3 people; a soldier, an informer, and finally an enemy sniper on the roof across the road from him. In the end this enemy sniper turns out to be the republicans brother. This story shows the the specific characteristics a sniper must have to carry out their duty. A key moment in this text which influenced the sniper is the Civil war itself.

In the anti-war short story "The Sniper" written by Liam O Flaherty, a Republican sniper embraces his rifle and conceals on the roof top without a sound, waiting to kill his enemies. The sniper accidentally gives away his location when he lights up a cigarette and exposes himself to the enemy sniper on the opposite roof. The two snipers from two conflicting sides then faces each other off through an innovative war; using both their shooting skills and intelligence. Subsequently, the Republican sniper pulls out a brilliant plan and he successfully shoots out a deadly bullet to the enemy sniper. After the line of life and death, the Republican sniper decides to identify the enemy sniper's face; he slowly turns the dead body around and finds

The story, “The Sniper” is written by Liam O’Flaherty and is an action based story that involves war with two men. In this story, there is a Republican sniper that is being shot at by another sniper. The Republican sniper gets shot in the arm but in the end he kills the sniper which is his brother. Timing, pacing, and conflicts cause a lot of suspense throughout the story. Suspense is created in the story by using timing and pacing.

Liam O’Flaherty uses the conflict between the two snipers to help describe the main character. “She was pointing to the roof where the sniper lay. An informer. The turret opened. A man’s head and shoulders appeared, looking toward the sniper. The sniper raised his rifle and fired. The head fell heavily on the turret wall. The woman darted toward the side street. The sniper fired again.”(O’Flaherty 1-2) moments like this help us understand the main character and his mentality to do anything if it helps him survive. As the battle ensued the sniper always did whatever it took to live, even resorting to tricking the enemy sniper just to get a shot off at him. This life and death battle the sniper has to go through is what hooked me on this story, but what really made me love it was the resolution, “Then the sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother’s face.”(O’Flaherty 4).

“What a cruel thing is war : to separate and destroy families and friends…” Robert E. Lee. This quote relates to “The Sniper,” because it explains how the sniper killed his brother. It separated and destroyed his family because he shot his brother. He thought his brother was the enemy even though he wasn't. “The Sniper” the short story by Liam O’Flaherty, starts off with the sniper patrolling the surrounding area he is in. Then he decides to take a smoke and a bullet flies past him. After his last smoke he gets hit in the right forearm. Then he thinks of a plan to kill the other shooter. He drops his rifle off the roof making the other shooter think he is dead. The sniper then fires a long distant shot. The shooter slowly falls to the ground and dies. He then goes and looks into the dead shooters face and sees his brother. “The Sniper” by Liam O'Flaherty believes that duty and sadness is always a part of war.

Liam O’Flaherty in his story “The Sniper”, describing the point of view of an Irish soldier, in the battle of Dublin, during the Irish civil war. In the beginning of his story , he uses imagery when he writes,”The long June twilight faded into the night,”and in the end he uses the diction tone of emotion,”Then the sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother’s face”. Flaherty’s imagery and emotional diction creates a close distance between the reader and narrator, so close that the reader feels like a guardian angel viewing over the narrator’s shoulder, viewing what has happened. The relationship between the narrator and reader, appeals to the point of view of the main character, who the author is trying to provide an understanding

War causes people to fight and kill their countrymen without hesitation. The sniper is not used to killing people, but he has to what he has to do, to survive. The story shows how a civil war can make brothers enemies. In “The Sniper”, Liam O'Flaherty suggests the horror of war, not only by presenting its physical danger, but also by showing its psychological effect.

Flaherty's, “The Sniper” represents the pain, physically and mentally war inflicts on a soldier. The short story takes place at night in Dublin, Ireland at night, during the Irish Civil War. There are two sides that divide Ireland in half. They are the Free-Staters and the Republicans. The story starts with the Republican sniper eating on a rooftop. He decides he wants to light a cigaret even though it might be risky. As soon as he lights the match he hears gunshots and hides. He looks up and the enemy across the street fires at his head, the sniper dodges it. Then, an enemy car rolls down the street. A woman comes down to the car to tell them where the Republican sniper is. The man opens the turret of the car and the sniper immediately shoots

Soldiers and veterans deserve the credit and support that their countries give them. In the US, if a soldier or veteran passes by, somebody will thank them for serving their country. In “The Sniper”, written by Liam O’Flaherty, O’Flaherty illustrates how the dangers of war are the reason soldiers get that amount of support. “The Sniper’ is about a Republic Sniper in the Irish Civil War. Through mood, internal conflict, and setting, O’Flaherty illustrates the damaging effects war has on soldiers.

The sniper then cried over his brother's dead body and took his dog tag.While this was happening the rest of the snipers allies came to the aid of him to help with his wound, not knowing he was crying, because of the death of his brother. They took the sniper back to their base and there his wound was treated. Later, since they won that battle they had a celebration. The sniper was still sad, because he killed his brother, but he still celebrated with the rest of the soldiers. No one notice that the sniper was sad except his best friend.

Can you imagine being shot at, but having no idea where it is coming from? The author, Liam O’ Flaherty, wrote “The Sniper”,which takes place in Dublin, Ireland in 1922. It began with the Republican sniper clumsily lighting a cigarette, which lets the Free State sniper know where he is. As a result of the glowing cigarette, the enemy sniper spots him, starting an epic duel. The short story “The Sniper”, by Liam O’ Flaherty is a good story because it has lots of action and an offsetting plot twist.

Liam O’ Flaherty is the author of the short story “The Sniper.” The story is about a soldier in Dubai who is in the middle of a civil war with many dangers around him. He eventually get shot in the arm. In a quick moment he plans an escape in which the enemy thinks he has killed the soldier. In a twist, the soldier actually ends up killing the enemy which turns out to be his brother. In “The Sniper”, Liam O’ Flaherty suggests the horror of war not only by presenting its physical dangers but also by showing its psychological effects.

Chris served his first deployment as a SEAL and any of the following as the SEAL sniper in his platoon. During all the time spent in the Middle East Chris had had many close encounters with the Grim Reaper himself. One of those times involved waves upon waves of Iraqis and hours of firefighting. As more and more Iraqis were shot more appeared closer than they were before. The situation began to scare Chris and all his fellow comrades “Little by little, they started getting closer and closer. Until it became obvious that they were going to overrun us. We were done. We were going to die.” (Kyle 102). However, the Grim Reaper stopped glooming over the men as the cavalry of Marines arrived.

The story sniper is a story about a man that's in the army which his perfection is with a sniper rifle the story's theme is based on dublin and the sniper which will be called sniper is on the tower looking down on an empty road with hail of gunshots in the distance but he decides to eat a sandwich and light a cigaret but he doesn't want to take the risk of the spark to light the cigarette to give out his position and because the sniper was tired and needed the break he took the risk and lit his cigarette and soon as he blew out the light a gunshot and a crack flew by him