The Sniper Liam O’Flaherty’s realistic fiction story, “The Sniper,” takes place in Dublin, Ireland during a civil war. In the story, a Republican Sniper is stuck on a roof with enemy snipers surrounding him. He shoots two enemies down before he is shot in the arm causing his rifle to brake. Now he must find a way to make a hard shot in order to kill the enemy with just a revolver and a hurt arm. By using word choice and sensory details O’Flaherty demonstrates the theme that actions have serious
“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
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
is paved with good intentions” is a time-honored proverb. Unfortunately for the characters in “The Necklace” and “The Sniper,” it is also an important thing to keep in mind when making decisions. In the short stories “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant and “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty, the authors use situational irony, dynamic characters, and suspense to develop a similar theme, in order to show that even with benevolent intentions, acting blindly often has negative consequences. Situational irony
“The Sniper.” “The Sniper” demonstrates the best suspenseful text between the three stories. To create a suspenseful story, “The Sniper” develops multiple moments of suspense. For instance one illustration of suspense in “The Sniper” is, “He paused for a moment, considering whether he should risk a smoke. It was dangerous. The flash might be seen in the darkness, and there were enemies watching. He decided to take the risk.” This is a suspenseful moment in “The Sniper” because if the sniper risks
Donald Trump may say. Dim the lights, turn on some Metallica, and grab some popcorn for this adrenaline rush of a story. The short story, "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty, is a great glimpse of war leaving the reader with near PTSD. The story of "The Sniper" is almost similar to a scene out of one of the greatest war movies ever made called "American Sniper". As soon as the reader gains faith, it is shot down by a critical decision, which makes the reader engaged in the adventure. The story itself
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
universal theme appears in three short stories. In the first story, “The Tell Tale Heart” the narrator wanted to never see the old man’s creepy eye again but he would have to kill the old man so he did, then his guilt overwhelmed him. In the second story, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, the town’s people wanted everything to be perfect but there was a child who did not fit in so the child was locked up, then everyone was happy. In the third story, “The Sniper”, a republican sniper wanted to
illustrated in Liam O'Flaherty's, "The Sniper", a third person (limited) view of a trapped sniper's internal and external struggle. The historic war this story uses as the setting is the Irish Civil War, in which the young sniper must fight his way out of dangers after being spotted. Liam O'Flaherty's characterization of the main protagonist and his writing style, along with the mental shift of the sniper before the realization that he killed his brother, prove the theme that in the cruel, meaningless fight
short story involves one or many people trying to reach happiness, but they all have a point of sadness that overrides their way to happiness. That is where the theme comes in of all of the stories. Each story has the same theme. The “The Tell-Tale Heart”, “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”, and “The Sniper” all have very similar themes even though there plots are far from close. In the story of “The Tell Tale Heart”, the narrator was trying to kill the old man because of his vulture eye, so once