Liam O'Flaherty

In the story The Sniper by Liam O'Flaherty is about a Republican sniper watching over Dublin, Ireland. The story is set in the Irish Civil War. The author uses mood and foreshadowing to show and tell that war tears families apart. The central issue is about the Irish civil war and people killing and hurting each other. For example, in the beginning it states “Republicans and free staters were waging civil war.” (1). This illustrates that there is a civil war going on and people are dying for their

What of revenge? Is it appropriate? If yes, is it only appropriate in some cases? These four literature selections could help one find their answer. “The Sniper” is a short story written by Liam O’Flaherty about the civil war in Ireland and the revenge incorporated in it. “The Cask of Amontillado” was written by Edgar Allen Poe, who tells the story of a man consumed by revenge. “A Eulogy for Martin Luther King, Jr.” describes the want and need for forgiveness and is given by Robert F. Kennedy. “Of

“The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty and “The Man he Killed” by Thomas Hardy they also talk about how war tears people apart. These two writings are both very similar although they have some differences in literary devices plot, irony, and theme. In these two works there are similarities and differences in plot. A similar plot from both stories is that the protagonist, a soldier, had to kill someone. “He must kill the enemy that enemy and he could not use his rifle.”(O’Flaherty

Two brave men who have bought the enemies and persevered the horror that laid ahead of them. “The Sniper” a short story by Liam O’Flaherty, takes place during the irish civil war. A trained sniper is given a mission to kill. Where as Private first class paul berlin the protagonist in “Where have you gone charming Billy” by Tim O'Brien, he is a young soldier drafted and sent off to fight in the vietnam war where he must face inner struggles and the violence during the 1960s. Though they both are two

people. For example, during the Winter, I chose to go walk out on the ice on a lake even though I knew it was dangerous. This is just one time where I have been daring as a young person. The trait is also shown in the short story “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty, and The Saints, by Lex Thomas. The Sniper and Gates are both very daring through how they take risks and complete daring acts. The Sniper is a daring character that takes chances and does things that are dangerous even in a warzone. First, he

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

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 tales are illogical

” Likewise, Liam O’Flaherty starts out “The Sniper” by writing, “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…” However, by the third paragraph of “The Dogs Could Teach Me” Paulsen continues the same pattern of writing saying, “Later I saw the beauty of it, the falling lobes of blue ice that had grown as the water froze and refroze, layering on itself,” while O’Flaherty scrivens, “He

perfect score. Intelligence can be shown in many different ways, including plans, and grades. Two characters I read about shared this trait, Hanna Mendel from Playing for the commandant by Suzy Zail and the IRA sniper from “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty. Hanna Mendel and the IRA sniper are both intelligent because the sniper is able to think quickly of a plan that will save his life and Hanna uses her intelligence to get good grades in school, and to avoid being shot. Hanna is intelligent because

feeling the war even though they aren’t in it anymore. This affects individuals because because this stays with them the rest of their life. The last example how war is a curse is that it makes someone do the unthinkable (killing). In The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty, the story takes place in Dublin, Ireland during a civil war in the