The Sniper Essay

Britannica, 2015). Sadly, on September 1, 1984, Liam O’Flaherty died at the age of 87, but he left behind an incredible collection of written works for people around the world to enjoy. One popular short story that Liam O’Flaherty wrote was “The Sniper”. This story takes place in the city of Dublin, the present day capital of Ireland, amidst the Irish Civil War. A young man close to his college years was atop a roof with his rifle, laying in silence. The young man had lit a cigarette, but as

is the whole point of irony. Irony is found in many stories. Although readers may think irony used in stories are for temporary effects of the moment it is read, the author has a bigger purpose than just enhancing their story. The authors of “The Sniper”, Liam O'Flaherty, and “The Princess and the Tin Box”, James Thurber, utilize situational irony to present the moral of each story. Thurber uses situational irony in “The Princess and the Tin Box” to mock how decisions made by princesses in fairy

place. Resources are scarce and enemy snipers gun down citizens. Within Sarajevo there lives a cellist who was famous before the war. One day as the Cellist watches people line up outside his window to buy food, a mortar shell lands in the middle of the group, killing 22 of them. The Cellist vows to play Albonini’s Adagio in the crater created from the bombing for 22 days, one day for each of the dead. Arrow is another inhabitant of the city. She is a sniper who was recruited to protect the Cellist

fence—encasing the Chamberlain Golf Resort—across the breadth of the snaking creek. His mission, for now, was to swim across the mile wide creek and through a channel underneath the walls to the man-made lake within the golf course. Where he would take up a sniper position and await further instructions on his unknown target. He still had about an hour of darkness to his advantage. He stripped to his dry-diving-suit, putting on his goggles, he took a deep breath and plunged in. The initial jarring impact

Diablo II’s twin suns burned Carlos Nieto’s exposed skin as he concentrated on the job before him. He tried not to gag from the smell of the dead police sniper next to him. Carlos pulled the bloody sniper rifle from under the dead officer’s body and checked the action. He was amused to see it was a locally manufactured copy of an old Earth .50 cal rifle. From his rooftop position on the on the apartment building he had a good view of the surrounding area. Hundreds of protesters advanced towards

head and was stuck there. Booker saw the pieces of the man’s skull flying through the air, blood running down his head, Booker even heard his screams. Booker threw up immediately afterwards. Eventually Booker finally was able to look through the sniper scope again. He saw hundreds lying there, dead. Some were lying and screaming for help. He saw medicals group rushing

effects on four distinct individuals. First, the Cellist is a compelling characters who plays his cello for 22 days as tribute to the 22 people, including his friends and neighbours, who were killed while in line for bread. Second, Arrow, a female sniper, finds her independence challenged as the siege continues. She is tasked with protecting the cellist, whilst battling with her own sense of morality and dual personas. Third, Kenan is a simple family man who seeks to provide his family with their

UNKNOWN BATTLEGROUNDS I wake up on an island with many others. I count up to 99 other than me. Above me there is a screen that is counting down from one minute, some of the others around me are screaming and going insane but at least half are calm waiting to see what happens when the timer runs out. I walk over to a man in a light blue tuxedo and ask him “do you know where we are?” the man answers “An island in Russia” I say “thanks” and walk back to the timer it reads 5 seconds I count down the

fence—encasing the Chamberlain Golf Resort—across the breadth of the snaking creek. His mission, for now, was to swim across the mile wide creek and through a channel underneath the walls to the man-made lake within the golf course. Where he would take up a sniper position and await further instructions on his unknown target. He still had about an hour of darkness to his advantage. He stripped to his dry-diving-suit, putting on his goggles, he took a deep breath and plunged in. The initial jarring impact

To visually represent the strengths of the sniper, we described his mind as clever and his backbone as honorable. He is a clever character because his plan to kill the other sniper was cunning and smart. His backbone is honor because it is his purpose in life and and it holds him on course. To represent the ruthless attitude of the sniper, blood is dripping from his mouth. This shows how he is blood thirsty and does what is needed to complete his mission. For his heart, the figure from the original