The Sniper By Liam O ' Flaherty And Shadowman From The Fear

In the book Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, he analyzes the roles of two important men in Civil War history. One is Robert E. Lee, the commander of the Confederate army, and the other is James Longstreet, a Confederate general. Both men play key parts in the battle of Gettysburg and their choices help direct the course of the whole war, both in their favor and against. While they are fighting on the same side, there are differences that distinguish them and cause conflict between them, and these differences will determine major turning points in the war.

The other sniper is situated on a building on the other side of the street as the Republican Sniper. On top of being shot at, an armored car, of the opposing side, drives up near the Republican sniper’s position. He believes that his position was given up by a local woman who was walking around. The Republican sniper must kill this woman or his life will be in jeopardy. The Republican sniper takes the shot, and kills the woman. However, even after killing the woman, the Republican Sniper is still being shot at. He has to shelter himself, so, making his way to the top floor of the building, he situates himself. The Republican sniper proceeds to have a shootout with the other unknown sniper. The Republican sniper needs a way to kill his opponent, so he devises an ingenious plan. He fakes his death by pretending to be shot in the head. The opposing sniper, thinking he had killed the Republican sniper, makes his way out of his hiding spot. This exposes him, and the Republican sniper has a clear shot. The Republican sniper takes the shot, and sees the body of his opponent falling to the ground. The Republican sniper then goes to examine the dead body of his opponent, and to his horrifying realization, discovers that the man he had just outwitted and killed, was really his brother.

The war influenced the sniper by forcing him to be brave. In this situation, brave is lying on a roof for many hours scouting the area for

thinks is right or a person who fights because he has to? “The Sniper” tells a story of a sniper who is in a fight between another sniper. The story takes place in Dublin Ireland and is considered Civil War. In ¨The Sniper,” Liam O’Flaherty uses diction, point of view, and plot to create a story of loss, pain , and an intense mood.

In the Pulitzer Prize winning civil war novel Killer Angels, Michael Shaara covers five days of the historic battle between the Northern and Southern United States at Gettysburg. Both the North and the South fought for freedom, although they did not have equivalent definitions of freedom. The North and the South were unwavering in their beliefs and their hope for a better United States, but what the two butted heads the most on was slavery. The South was a primarily agrarian region which relied heavily on the agriculture of crops like cotton and sugarcane, both of which required intense manual labor, unlike the North who was more so industrialized; however, as William Preston said, it was not cotton that was “the south’s king” but it was slavery that made them so prosperous. The South relied on slavery because having many workers to tend to these cash crops without having to pay them saved farmers and plantation owner’s money that they could use to buy more slaves that put out more work leading to more land for more crops, or to have more money to pay their taxes. Many Southerners like William Preston thought that owning other people was their divine right as white men. The Civil War was started over the North and South’s conflicting views on whether they had the “civil” right to own or not own slaves. The Northern and Southern states developed themselves much differently than one another because of their agrarian versus industrialized economy. As the states developed they

Love, an intense feeling of deep affection. loving someone so much, willing to do anything to make that person or place. Perseverance, Steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. The movie of American Sniper was based off of a true story of Chris Kyle. Chris Kyle Joined the Navy Seals leaving his wife and kids to protect his country. Throughout the movie it shows how being faithful and perseverance plays a big role in the world we are living in. Based on the complexity and actions of the characters, imagery, symbolism and the angles the camera took, the movie, “ American Sniper” illuminates and emcopasses a theme of Love and Perseverance.

The sniper brushes with death again when he throws his revolver down without thinking and it goes off. Bullets make a war very deadly, as they are much more precise than earlier and much simpler weapons (such as swords and muskets).

In this essay I intend to explore the narrative conventions and values, which Oliver Smithfield presents in the short story Victim. The short story positions the reader to have negative and sympathetic opinion on the issues presented. Such as power, identity and bullying. For example Mickey the young boy is having issues facing his identity. It could be argued that finding your identity may have the individual stuck trying to fit in with upon two groups.

Murder is a reprobate action that is an inevitable part of war. It forces humans into immoral acts, which can manifest in the forms such as shooting or close combat. The life of a soldier is ultimately decided from the killer, whether or not he follows through with his actions. In the short stories The Sniper by Liam O'Flaherty and Just Lather, That's All by Hernando Téllez, the killer must decide the fate of their victims under circumstantial constraints. The two story explore the difference between killing at a close proximity compared to killing at a distance, and how they affect the killer's final decision.

The Killer Angel is a book elaborating on the history of the American civil war authored by Michael Shaara. The book has gained popularity among American citizens as it covers one of the deadliest battles in American history that took place at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, hence the title of the battle of Gettysburg (Shaara 5). The crash involved two major groups, the Confederacy, and the Union. The Confederacy constituted of seven secessionist states from the South who advocated for slavery while the Union consisted of the northerners who advocated for the abolition of the slave trade and recognition of black men as legitimate American citizens. The book widely covers the course of the battle for the three primary days of the war, which were between 30th June 1863 and 2nd July 1863 (Shaara 32). According to the author, the Confederates are headed by General Robert E. Lee and General James Longstreet. On their part, the Union army is spearheaded by General John Buford. However, the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is considered as the worst battle in the American Civil War as the two groups lost a significant number of their soldiers (Shaara 37). It is also clear that the two groups had different reasons for participating in the war. Soldiers from the two sides also had different motivations hence the morale and willingness to fight on despite the risk of death. The given essay aims at elaborating on the main reasons why men from the two different groups

American Sniper by Chris Kyle, is one of the most accurate depictions of the life in special

Fast forward to the Colonial Period where blacks are now being treated worst than ever before. The white men completely consider blacks less than them and should not be treated as human beings. In the first paragraph of his appeal, David Walker presents what he has viewed through his travels. He states "Coloured people of these Unites States are the most degraded, wretched, and abject set of beings that ever lives since the world began". The fact that Walker used this words to express the treatment of blacks shows how truly horrible it was. Walker then inputs his personal opinion on whites and states "Whites are unjust, jealous, unmerciful, avaricious, and bloodthirsty". This had a huge effect because it was one of the first times a black person

Almost immediately there was a report and a bullet pierced the center of the cap.”(pg 3 O’ flaherty) The IRA sniper did this to trick the other sniper into thinking that he killed him but if the IRA sniper wasn't careful he could've got killed. The IRA sniper put his good hand over the wall so it looked like he was shot but that was his only good are and if the other sniper was to shot that arm for some reason the IRA sniper wouldn't be able to finish his plan. For his plan to work he had to make it look like he was really shot. “The sniper slanted the rifle forward. The cap clipped down into the street , then catching the middle the sniper dropped his left hand and let it hang lifelessly. After a few moments he let the rifle drop to the street. Then he sank to the roof dragging his hand with him.”( pg 3 O'flaherty) This made the IRA sniper daring because he had to drop his good gun off the roof to make it look so real. After that there was no going back from his plan. With his smaller gun he only had one shot to get it right because if he missed the other sniper would know he is still alive, but his good gun would be at the bottom of the building and he would be in big trouble. The plan the IRA sniper has was pretty daring because if his plan didn't work out he could've died much easier.

In short stories, many people may overlook how greatly an author described the setting. It is important that a well-thought-out framework is included in a piece of literature. “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty, gives a fair setting of Dublin, Ireland at the break of the night. On a rooftop, across the large city street, the sniper unknowingly faced his brother. They’re inevitably against one another, both now torn apart by civil war. The night they clashed was what the author seemingly described the most. Setting for this story creates conflict because the sniper had extreme difficulty seeing his brother in the darkness. The narrator had said, “The long June twilight faded into night. Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of

I would be very interested to hear the reasoning behind a sniper’s perspective of self-defense in a combat zone. I believe that it is a very irresponsible justification for taking a life. I believe self-defense to be the right to prevent suffering force or violence through the use of the reasonable amount of force or violence. Most individuals accept the concept of protecting themselves from harm under the right conditions. Generally speaking, a person can explain self-defense and its use of force directly when responding to an instant threat. I can not see how a highly trained marksman who is two hundred meters away feel justified in killing an unarmed person and then claiming self-defense (Self-Defense Overview, 2017). However, as I continued my research the fascinating concept of “Just” and “Unjust” combatant was revealed in the Innocence, Self-Defense Kill In War. It is the belief that you are fighting in a war in which you feel to be necessary, where there is the need to attack the innocent to affect the guilty. Where the innocent Unjust Combatants may be regarded as Innocent Shields of the criminal; and it is often held that in attacking someone who is screened by an Innocent shield the intent is not for the shield. In a time of war, an individual must intend to kill each Unjust combatant. Therefore killing them all, means killing the guilty as well. The idea is attacking the innocent person part of the intention and means of attacking the criminal. It is this idea that the knowledge that some those that they intended to kill