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The Sniper Commentary “The Sniper” by Liam O’ Flaherty is a short story about a sniper, set in the Irish Civil War. The author uses characterization, symbolism and third person limited point of view to develop the central theme of the horrors of war. The main character in the story is the mysterious Sniper, who is serving active duty in the Irish Civil War for the Republicans. The story opens with the Sniper attempting to eat on a rooftop, when an enemy sniper opens fire on him. He retaliates

gives the reader a description of what is going on before the story starts. It builds suspense because it lets the reader think of what everything looks like and it gives a little background of what is going on so far. In the middle of the story, O’Flaherty uses inner thinking to form tension. The pieces of evidence are in the 1st and 2nd pages. The first piece is in page 1, when the

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

In The Sniper by Liam O'Flaherty The republicans and free staters are in civil war , and he ( the main character) tries to fight them off , and kills them and fighting them off , and he accidentally killed his brother. There is a war against Republicans and the free staters , and one guy is doing his best to win , and he shoots the snipers and he gets hit in the arm , and he cut it off , and then a lady saw him and started yelling and he had to shoot her . Then when he got most of the people

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

In the story “ The Sniper” by Liam O'Flaherty. The reader is introduced to a central theme of the story, which is that war is hard to be in. One way this theme is evident is through the middle of the story. Another way the theme is developed is by the main character's decision, the sniper. In the story the author refers to the sniper being use to seeing death which further develops the theme. In the beginning of the story the author says “the snipers face is the face of a man who is used to seeing

In short stories, many people may overlook how greatly an author described the setting. It is important that a well-thought-out framework is included in a piece of literature. “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty, gives a fair setting of Dublin, Ireland at the break of the night. On a rooftop, across the large city street, the sniper unknowingly faced his brother. They’re inevitably against one another, both now torn apart by civil war. The night they clashed was what the author seemingly described the

“The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty demonstrates the best use of suspense, over the two other stories, “The Dogs Could Teach Me” by Gary Paulsen, and “The Flowers” by Alice Walker. The whole story is about a sniper waiting in anticipation of whether or not he will be the one to take a life or have his be stolen from him, the other stories don’t display the same level of heart pounding suspense that leaves the reader on the edge of their seat. For instance, in the rising of the story “The Flowers” the

The short story “the sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty tells the story of a man who is in the Irish war, he gets shot at by another sniper, and eventually gets shot in the arm. After some planning, the sniper steps up a plan that successfully kills the other sniper. The Sniper is about consequences and shows that we must live with the consequences of our actions. The sniper is shot at by another sniper, which turns out to be his own brother. After a gunfight, the sniper kills his brother without knowing

Consequence in Desperation When people act out of desperation, they usually get a solution, but most of the time there is always a consequence. For example, in the short story, “The Sniper,” written by Liam O’ Flaherty, explains one form of the consequences. The story takes place the 1960s in Dublin, Ireland and a sniper is posted on a roof. He lays restless, waiting for an enemy. While he is under fire from the enemy, he makes many desperate attempts to kill the enemy. At the end of the story he