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    In Liam O'Flaherty´s The Sniper, all of these are brought to an acute reality in a single war-torn city. Strong cerebral convictions and opposing philosophies, due to which people want to destroy. The Sniper How does the author depict the turmoil and plight in a war-torn city in “The Sniper”? Anger, pain, death and remorse- all unpleasant, but all are faced and handled in every war. In Liam O'Flaherty's "The Sniper," all of these are brought to an acute reality in a single war-torn city

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    times have you killed your family? The short story “The Sniper,” by Liam O'Flaherty starts with the protagonist, a Republican sniper, watching the streets from a parapet while eating a sandwich. After taking the risk of smoking and giving away hs position, he finds competition and is shot. This starts his struggles to fire his rifle which leads him to come up with a risky plan to win. The short story “The Sniper,” by Liam O'Flaherty uses irony and characterization to show that in a civil war, no matter

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    situation placed before him. At certain times, he uses his utter cleverness to outsmart the free-state sniper. Eventually, he figures out that the man he shot was his brother. Liam O’Flaherty uses strong sensory and imagery details, inner thinking, and revealing actions to support and enhance the short story, “The Sniper.” Liam O’Flaherty uses strong sensory and imagery details to develop empathy

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    Out of the three stories consisting of The Flower by Alice Walker, The Dogs Could Teach Me by Gary Paulson, and The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty, the story that demonstrated the best suspense was The Sniper. Reasons that support this are the character’s risky actions, the descriptiveness of the deaths, and the word choice . In The Sniper, the main character’s actions are always very risky and sometimes reckless. This can be noted in moments like paragraph 3 where it’s stated, “It was dangerous. The

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    An unknown author once said, “Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.” This relates to “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty because snipers are determined to get their work done and snipers don't fool around. They go on a mission and do their job, then return home a happy man. The Sniper by Liam O'Flaherty, teaches us about how the sniper is determined and has a duty to do. The theme is determination, this is for the sniper. The sniper is a very good man. He has a brother and a family.

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    Liam O’Flaherty’s short story “sniper” is about a sniper that was on a roof during the civil war, he lit a cigarette and got shot by another sniper. He killed the other sniper then later in the story he found out that it was his brother he killed. The sniper also created suspense using timing. One time it used timing to create suspense is by speeding time up. An example is when he wanted to smoke a cigarette and he hurriedly put the match out so it wouldn’t be seen. This helps create suspense

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    When comparing “The Dogs Could Teach Me”, “The Sniper”, and “The Flowers”, the story that contained the most suspense was “The Sniper” because the author, Liam O’Flaherty used shortened sentences, had a plot twist at the end of the story, and left cliffhangers at the end of paragraphs. Liam O’Flaherty’s use of shortened sentences makes it suspenseful because he doesn’t present a lot of information to the reader. For example, “The Sniper” says, “He dropped immediately. He had seen the flash. It

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    Liam O’Flaherty’s The Sniper is a simple story of a protagonist unknowingly killing his own brother. According to Northrop Frye, four literary story types exist: Comedy, Romance, Tragedy, and Satire/Irony. The Sniper is not a story about our protagonist succeeding in his journey or emerging victorious from a conflict, so it is not a Comedy or Romance. Also, the protagonist of this story suffers from a defeat worse than death. As a result, this is not a Tragedy either. Therefore, according to Northrop

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    Diction In The Sniper

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    fights for what he 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. Throughout the story the author uses some diction to better describe the story. He writes “Dublin lays enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of

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    The Sniper is a short story written by Liam O'Flaherty, in early 1923. It takes place during the Irish Civil war, and is meticulously written about two snipers. Although the story was written almost one hundred years ago, it still manages to relate and reach out to many people to this day, including me. The main conflict in the story is the two snipers, and how each try to outsmart and kill the other. What the snipers don’t know is that they are brothers, born from the same mother and father. This

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