The Sniper Short Story Analysis

In the short story, “The Sniper,” author Adam O’ Flaherty includes the element of surprise to reveal that war causes not only physical risk, but also psychological sufferings. This is true because of many reasons according to the story. Flaherty uses surprise and the element of suspense to show how war affects those involved. In the story, there is a Civil War taking place in Ireland. The war is between the Republicans and the Free Starters.

This essay will begin by examining the importance of O’Flaherty’s description of the setting in his short story “The Sniper”, and how his description of the setting emphasizes the reality of war. From the beginning of the story, O’Flaherty portrays a dark and dull setting of war. “Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon that shone through fleecy clouds, casting a pale light as of approaching dawn over the streets and the dark waters of the Liffey.” (O’Flaherty) In this passage, O’Flaherty describes the setting of a simple street in Dublin at dawn. This creates a dreary tale to read. The setting in this short story emphasizes how tedious war can really be and how sometimes there can be no action for a long period of time. Usually, when there are wars in movies or novels, the plot does not focus on the

Symbolism is also used in “The Sniper” to represent a possible theme. Liam O’Flaherty uses a street between the two snipers to show that a possible theme is that war separates family. The story takes place in the middle of a civil war in Ireland. The protagonist is a sniper across the street from an enemy sniper. The enemy sniper is his brother, and it is unknown until the very last sentence. By including a minor detail such as a street, the author is able to both further develop the setting by showing it as urban and let the reader pick up on a theme of the

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.

“Wars never hurt anybody except for the people who died” -Salvador Dali, leader of the Surrealist Movement. In both stories men who are at war are described, both of these men have killed a man who are known as their foes. Both of the men realize that the man they killed could've been a friend, and were someone who really wasn't the enemy. The relationship between these two stories is that war can tear families apart. In Liam O'Flaherty's “The Sniper” and “The Man He Killed” by Thomas Hardy both show similarities and differences in plot, irony, and theme.

I will be writing an essay called The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty. During a irish war in 1922, There was a sniper, on top of a building, that had was spotted by another sniper across the street. One example of situational irony was when the sniper got shot on the arm we may have thought he was going to retreat but he didn't, example of dynamic character is the brother of the main character and the tone of this story was intense, scary and sad.

In The Sniper by Liam O'Flaherty The republicans and free staters are in civil war , and he ( the main character) tries to fight them off , and kills them and fighting them off , and he accidentally killed his brother. There is a war against Republicans and the free staters , and one guy is doing his best to win , and he shoots the snipers and he gets hit in the arm , and he cut it off , and then a lady saw him and started yelling and he had to shoot her . Then when he got most of the people he ran over and saw someone else and shot them , and he turned the body over and it was his brother . War isn’t safe and lots of people can get hurt .

In most stories, setting is important because it creates conflict. Setting is critical in the story “The Sniper” by Liam O'Flaherty. It takes place in a setting where there is civil war and the sniper executes his brother. It creates conflict considering it takes place in a war. An example of this in the story is when the narrator explains the setting, “Here and through the city, machine guns and rifles broke the silence of the night…”

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In 1923, the story “The Sniper” was written by Liam O'Flaherty. The story is about a Civil war in Ireland where there were 2 snipers, shooting at each other and they were both on a rooftop with long-range weapons and they don’t know each other but at the end one of the sniper found out that he killed his own brother. The author uses irony and the conflict between the sniper and the other sniper just to tell us the main message which is that we shouldn’t fight each other, we should fight together because we live in the same country and we should fight for our country.

During the heat of WWII, a plane was gunned down onto a tropical island creating a habitat full of school boys. They try to form an island society making Ralph in charge of the boys, And it all went south the other boys did not want to help build shelter or create fire. They were also rude to all of the young kids that were scared about monsters and all the fighting wild older boys.

Animal Farm, by George Orwell is a very remarkable book that was pleasant to read. This book is about a farm owned by Mr. Jones, where his animals were treated very miserably, and sometimes were not fed. One day the animals rebelled and took actions with their own hands by kicking out Mr. Jones out of the farm. After the farm owner’s absence, leadership was taken by the pigs, specifically Napoleon and Snowball, as they promised to keep the animals happy and satisfied by making everyone equal with rules. However, the plan goes in a different direction where everything the animals expected, does not happen.

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.

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 .

As previously mentioned, luck was not the only basis for survival; instinct, too, played a role. The thread of logic following this concept is quite simple. Jews who instinctively knew that it was in their best interest to leave the area of conflict might have escaped the holocaust, and would, therefore, have a greater chance of survival.