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The Hunger Games actor Liam Hemsworth and Wrecking Ball hit maker Miley Cyrus were fueling rumors that they are rekindling their romance after they were spotted together at the Falls Music Festival in Australia. Both stars, who broke up two years ago were seen together at the festival on Sunday night and observers claimed that the 25 year old Hemsworth and 23 year old Cyrus were seen cuddling and kissing. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, Liam and Miley enjoyed the event with a group, including

“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.” 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

Connections of The Fairy Goose     The Fairy Goose is a fairy tale written by Liam O’Flaherty in 1927. Liam O’Flaherty was born in 1897 on one of the aran islands in the west coast of Ireland. In Ireland around 1919 there was a guerilla war against the British and the Irish Republican Army. Liam was involved in the war and soon after decided to move to the United states but seemed to continue writing stories about Ireland. The fairy tale begins with an older woman who was named Mary Wiggins having

Tragic hero to me is a character that makes a judgement error then tries making a recovery in the end. In the comparison of Creon vs. Oskar Schindler I feel that Creon was a tragic hero but Schindler however was not. Schindler falls under many categories of a tragic hero but I think he was more of just a hero. Schindler was not a tragic hero due to no error in judgement, he didn't discover fate he chose it, and he wasn't prideful. Creon's error in judgement was when he arrested Antigone for what

THE SNIPER The story The sniper was written by lian o’flaherty. The story is about a sniper trying to take out the other sniper across the street and he later finds out it was his brother. In the sniper the author create suspense to make it interesting. The other is telling you what's going on. The sniper is fighting the free state and he is trapped.” He does whatever he can to kill the other sniper and he killed his brother”. It gives you an idea of the story from the start of the story. The

Throughout history, there have been countless intelligent and marvelous novelists. 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

things happen like in the story “The Cranes” . Wars can also create horrifying situations too also in the Liam O’Flaherty’s story “The Sniper “. The sniper was about two snipers trying to do there job in the war and kill their opponents, but in the ending it wasn’t just his opponent that he killed. These two story’s may have different meaning but they also have a lot in common . Liam O’Flaherty story “The Sniper” had a common outcome of war, he lost

Liam O’Flaherty wrote short stories and was a leader in the Irish literary renaissance (Biography.com Editors, n/a). After two mental breakdowns, it became obvious that O’Flaherty was mentally ill. The mental illness was believed to have come from an injury received while enlisted in the Irish Guards. Once the war had ended, O’Flarherty moved to the U.S. and lived in Hollywood for a brief time. While his stories have common themes of Ireland and nature, some of his best works were written in

Liam O’Flaherty is an Irish author who focuses his writings during the time of the Irish Civil War. Along with “The Sniper,” O’Flaherty’s novel The Informer is also based in Dublin in the 1920’s during the Irish Civil War. In this story, the theme is that war dehumanizes individuals that partake in the action. The style is straightforward and easy to understand and the point of view is third person. Although there are characters mentioned, none have significant detail other than who or what they

Williams Carlos Williams once said,“ If they give you lined paper, write the other way.” The meaning of his quote to many, is not to follow in everyone else’s footsteps, but make a different path and make different footsteps. THis is why many see Williams as remarkable still to this day. In Williams’s life, he faced many tragedies not only in his career but in his poetry as well. Williams overcome these difficulties and they made him even more remarkable and influential to this day for his life,