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family as a basic unit of society. O’Flaherty uses the sniper’s revolver to symbolize the sniper’s remorse for his frenzied actions in battle. After he kills his opponent, he looked at “the smoking revolver in his hand, and with an oath he hurled it to the roof at his feet” (O’Flaherty 3). By throwing the revolver, he signifies ridding himself of the “lust of battle” (O’Flaherty 3) The revolver represents the impulsive and destructive nature of battle. O’Flaherty also wrote “His teeth chattered, he

people or soldiers. Liam O’Flaherty would agree with this statement. Through the use of imagery and foreshadowing in the short story “The Sniper” O’Flaherty shows that war leads to the lack of humanity in soldiers. O’Flaherty uses images of death and conflict to signify war. “The women whirled round and fell with a shriek into the gutter” The description of the woman’s death provides the reader with a clear visual on how brutal and heartless the killing was. O’Flaherty later describes in his short

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

Modern research has shown that when people come back from war, they may act different, for instance having PTSD; post dramatic stress disorder. Although Liam O’Flaherty wrote “The Sniper” 94 years ago, he still addresses the lingering effects of war, such as causing families to rip apart. He tells the tragically ironic tale of a lone Sniper unknowingly killing his brother. It is through O’Flaherty’s use of setting, characterization, and internal conflict to show that war often disconnects people

Kappler and Monsignor O’Flaherty represent the powers of evil and good respectively. Throughout the film, the forces of good and evil turn from working against each other, to coming more close together and good eventually overcoming

(Stevens). They set out for the Vatican and Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty. As they arrived, he helped them hide from the Nazis, at great risk to himself. Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty demonstrated moral courage by helping many people hide from and escape the Nazis, which shows us that we should help everyone in need. Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty was a Catholic priest, born in Ireland, who saved thousands of people during World War II. Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty became a notary of the Holy Office

The war between the republicans and the unionists in Dublin, Ireland gets pretty serious when you read the story (based on an autobiography), "The Sniper" written by Liam O'Flaherty. The republicans want Ireland to stay as a part of the United Kingdom while the unionists want Ireland to be its own country. Because of this war, many people die because of snipers in the army. In my opinion, the sniper can be considered and is a hero. It is because of the reasons he is fighting for, he kills

agree that a soldier is still a human when at war. O’Flaherty, however, may say that war turns humans into soldiers that kill without remorse until they have realized they just took human lives. Furthermore, O’Flaherty depicts said soldiers as having little regard for human beings. Using irony and foreshadowing in his short story “The Sniper” O’Flaherty shows that war turns a person into an unpredictable soldier that views people as objects. O’Flaherty uses dramatic irony of a sniper unknowingly killing

“The Sniper”, a young man objectified by combat and the unknown. Through the use of irony, characterization and syntax O’Flaherty shows how the unpredictability of war dehumanizes soldiers. O’Flaherty uses the irony of the sniper killing his own brother to emphasize the unpredictability of war. In the beginning the person opposite of the sniper is described as “his enemy” (O’Flaherty 3) and the sniper was said to have “uttered a cry of joy” at his death. Little did he know the face was not an enemy

In “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty, a Republican sniper safeguards himself in a rooftop in a late night of June in Dublin, Ireland. He soon realizes his enemy is across the street. He shoots at a man and woman who were standing nearby an armored car. Hearing this, the enemy across the street shoots at him and injures his arm badly. The sniper fakes his death and kills the enemy. Feeling remorseful, he finds out his enemy was his brother. Liam O’Flaherty shows the horror of war by exploring the dangers