Essay about The Sniper Continues - Original Writing

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

“The American Sniper” by Chris Kyle is an account of the deadliest American sniper ever, called “the devil” by the enemies he hunted and “the legend” by his Navy SEAL brothers. From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. The Pentagon has officially confirmed more than 150 of Kyle's kills (the previous American record was 109). Iraqi insurgents feared Kyle so much they named him al-Shaitan (“the devil”) and placed a bounty on his head. Kyle earned legendary status among his fellow SEALs, Marines, and U.S. Army soldiers, whom he protected with deadly accuracy from rooftops and stealth positions. Kyle presents the gripping and unforgettable accounts of

Through literature, Liam O’Flaherty, the author of the short story The Sniper, clearly illustrates how horrific and destructive war really is. He illustrates the appalling agony of the Irish civil war through a dramatic story of two brothers against each other in the war. Through the the author's writing, readers can conclude that the theme of The Sniper is that war destroys families. O’Flaherty sets emphasis on this theme by using many strong literary devices. The literary devices used that apply the most emphasis on the theme are situational irony, setting, and the author's use of direct characterization .

The american sniper is a very awesome topic that i wanted to write about for my last year. The reason why i wanted to do it is because i have four relatives in the army marine and the navy and the Airforce. So i want us to remember the sniper which is chris kyle he was a very awesome and couraging person to me. when me and my dad went to watch the movie i didn’t move one time except for a drink and food.so i hope you have a chance to watch the movie american sniper. Chris kyle was a character that would do anything for the freedom. When i heard that the veterans give us this freedom i was shocked about it, plus i have some relatives that are veterans that i really care about,but one the characters is my loving father he was in the army for 24 years.he started at the age of 18. I willing to bet u that chris kyle started being a veteran when he was young. Chris Kyle was one of my favorite characters in the movie american sniper, but when i read that Chris kyle died i was so sad for a month that i really didn’t want to do anything at all with war games or watch any war movies because every time i saw someone

As he desperately walks away from his brother, tears begin to run down his face.

“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns. Or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” A quote by Abraham Lincoln. War has sacrifices and lots of deaths, but these sacrifices and deaths are what gives us our freedoms. My theme for the story The Sniper is war divides people and families.

And there it was, the sounds of rifles that broke the silence. The war cries and sounds filled the air. Guns shots rang everywhere. Explosions from grenades. Dirts flying everywhere, smoke grenades filled the place. I scanned the area for any clear and easy shots or any other snipers that I could take out. Ah ha! There he was. Right behind that brick red paraper. He was a young, unfortunate one, kind of like my brother. But I had to do it. Wait, what is he doing? Is he smoking, how dumb can he be, at the middle of the night? But at least it gives me the advantage. I waited for a while for him to expose himself, which he didn’t. Being the impatient person I was, I shot. The shot barely missed but he now know where I was. Being a sniper and missing the first shot could be deadly since it gives away your position. One of our armored cars drove towards the target. Bam! The car drove back but this time, with a dead body on the turret. This is going to be harder than I thought.

As I got off the chopper and as my feet hit the ground the cold breeze hit my face and gave me goose bumps. As I got settled in my spot i adjusted my scope to the right position. I was the sniper in the crew and my job was to protect my brothers and that's what I was here to do. As the sweat dripped down my face i felt like i was sitting in a sauna. I was drenched in sweat. As I was sitting there I heard a loud BOOM I knew it was a bomb. So I looked through my scope but I couldn’t see anything through the smoke. As the smoke cleared it was a straight gun fight. People were hitting the floor left and right. I was trying my hardest to protect my team. It was like a pinball machine with all the bullets going everywhere. It was like I was in real

In the three stories “Dangerous game”, “Liberty”, and “Sniper” they all are very different but have similarities. Here are some similarities and differences about the three stories.

Looking out for your surroundings is very important in this story because it shows the main problem in this story. For example, the free staters are looking for him but they don’t know exactly where he is at. In the story, the author states this to inform you, “She began to talk to the man in the turret of the car. She was pointing to the roof where the sniper lay. An informer.” This is a main point in the story because the woman that told them was helping the free staters find him. The sniper was sitting on a rooftop while people were shooting at him from different angles in the city of Dublin. The sniper decides he wants a cigarette and starts to light a cigarette. As he was doing this he was thinking about how he shouldn’t light it cause

Perhaps he had been in his own company before the split in the army”(4). The sniper thinks the man he just killed could be a former friend from the army or life before the war but he does not think twice about going to see the dead man. We know how we would feel if we killed our own brother but the sniper doesn’t know yet that the man he killed is his brother. We are left at the end of the story with no way of knowing the sniper’s emotions after killing his brother. If I was in war and killed an enemy and that person turned out to be my brother, I would never forgive myself for that. In my mind I would never let go the fact that my brother’s life was taken away by me. Before the real action begins the author commentates,”The turret opened. A man's head and shoulders appeared, looking towards 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. The woman whirled round and fell with a shriek into the

The story shows how violence is not the answer by showing constant violence and innocent murders. This is convincing because, the author shows a lot of violence surrounding the main character. O'Flaherty writes, “The woman darted toward the side street. The sniper fired again. The woman whirled round and fell with a shriek into the gutter (2).” In other words, violence is not the best way to solve an argument. One example is, when the machine guns shoot all around him giving no safe place to hide. Also hundreds of innocent people killed without speaking a word of trying to settle the problem. Even a woman who was not showing any threat was shot without thinking.

In the three pieces of text, “The Leap,” “The Contents of a Deadman’s pocket,” “The Sniper,” the three stories all have similar but contrasting literary elements. Setting, Theme, Characters, and conflicts. As you read you will learn of the 4 literary elements.

“It was the most ungrateful and unjust act ever perpetrated by a republic upon a class of citizens who had worked and sacrificed and suffered as did the women of this nation in the struggle of the Civil War only to be rewarded at its close by such unspeakable degradation as to be reduced to the plane of subjects to enfranchised slaves.” The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty is a short story set during the early weeks of the Irish Civil War. The Sniper, a Republican, is the main character in this short story.

Ater this happended, I fell like the sniper could of gotten mad, angry, sad, and felt really sorry for what he did. He didnt know who he shot, so he could be wishing he could of known who he was in the begining. The sniper could have fallen to his kness and could have been screaming. The book dosent say this, but from experience, and other people's experience I could tell he would be doing this. Now if he didnt love his brother, then he would of just turned it over then leave, and really not care about it. But I think he did care about his brother and he propably wish that he was in his spot intead. The resolution could of been he laying there and crying for his