Liam O'Flaherty

Shakespeare, Stephen King, and Mark Twain are all examples of these outstanding writers. One would be wise to include the Irish novelist Liam O’Flaherty in this list. Joseph Burger (1984) describes Liam O’Flaherty as a key figure in the Irish Renaissance. His stories, such as “Return of the Brute” and “The Informer,” generally include the theme of war. O’Flaherty has served in Ireland’s armed forces, which gives him experience on the topic of war. He typically relates his stories’ settings to Ireland

groups fought in the civil war the Republicans, that favor the unification of Ireland and Free Staters, that prefer the separation of Ireland. Liam O’Flaherty, a World War I veteran, produced a work of literature which described in vivid detail the horrors of war and the effects violence could have on both civilians and soldiers (Johnson, 2011). Liam O’Flaherty author of “The Sniper,” uses a young man to represent a battle that happened in Ireland, his country. A battle is raging on in the Irish nation

” This quote by William Shakespeare certainly holds true to author Liam O’Flaherty, who had defiantly achieved greatness. Irish author Liam O’Flaherty was born August 28, 1897, on a small island off the coast of Ireland. O’Flaherty was famous for the short stories he wrote during the Irish Renaissance, a time around the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. However, writing was not all that O’Flaherty had worked as: a lumberjack, deckhand, dishwasher, bank clerk, and as

O’Flaherty characterizes the Republican Sniper as a reckless, and careless soldier, that was taking unnecessary and unsafe risks. The author states, “He paused for a moment, considering whether he should risk a smoke. It was dangerous... He decided to take the risk.” This quote clarifies that Republican Sniper decides to light a cigar in the dark while knowing that a hidden enemy can find out is location and that way he’s risking his own life. Liam O’Flaherty also states "The lust of battle died

distance. To support this theme Liam O'Flaherty refrains to any of his characters. The rising action is the battle between the enemies and the sniper himself. The climax is when the sniper finally kills his enemy; after being wounded and killing all the other enemies. The falling action was when he decided he should go and see who the enemy was. is used as a symbol for several things. He symbolizes the terrible price of a civil In the short story, The Sniper by Liam

Death causes remorse. In “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, The murderer goes insane after being reminded of his guilt. In “The Sniper” by Liam O'Flaherty, The narrator plainly states that after the battle rush, he became bitten by remorse. “The Tell-Tale Heart” is a story about a man trying to convince the reader that he’s sane while murdering his enemy. “The Sniper” is about a sniper in a battle to survive and discovers one of the dead enemies is his brother. Both authors use mood and symbolism

Written in 1923 by Liam O’Flaherty, The Sniper is a gruesome short story that is narrated in the third person point of view. I decided to analyze this short story because this introduction had caught my attention unlike other short stories that I had read. I enjoy to read stories that are exciting and give you thrilling rush to keep reading. I enjoy reading mystery, warfare, and horror novels, because you really never know how much the plot can deviate, that can relate to action thrilling movie

In the short story, “The Sniper”, by Liam O’Flaherty, his diction impacts the tone of the story in many ways. The first way the author’s diction impacts the tone of the story is when the sniper is taking a risk to see who he shot. The story describes the scene as, “the sniper darted across the street. A machine gun tore up the ground around him with a hail of bullets, but he escaped” (O’Flaherty 3). The author’s choice of diction in this scene affects the tone of the story because it makes it

Liam O'Flaherty's nonfiction story, “Sniper,” takes place in Dublin, Ireland in 1922. The sniper in is positioned on a roof of a building looking for enemies to shoot down. When he did his job he was ashamed of what he had done. Liam O’Flaherty uses the theme treat every person with dignity, and the craft moves that he used imagery and short choppy sentences to make the story better and more suspenseful. In the story Sniper there are many themes, but the one theme that stands out the most was

all started because the Irish wanted to separate from Britain. The two sides during the war, were The IRA and The Free Staters. In “The Sniper” Liam O’Flaherty uses scenes of violence to illustrate the theme: “War divides brothers”. Use of conflict. “Suddenly from the opposite roof a shot rang out and the sniper dropped his rifle with a curse”. (O’Flaherty 1) This shows that the IRA Sniper was willing to reveal himself, just for a chance to smoke. “The lust of battle had died in him. He had become