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best for yourself, even if it is at a cost to others. During the beginning of the story, O’Flaherty emphasizes the group mentality of the town, showing how they depend on each other, therefore helping to keep everyone in poverty. “By traditional law, those who had milk were bound to share with those who had none.” (O’Flaherty 4). By repeating this law of the land multiple times throughout the piece, O’Flaherty emphasizes the importance of it, showing that anyone who does not abide by the law forsakes

would do in a fight to survive and come out on top. In O’Flaherty’s “The sniper” O’Flaherty writes about a sniper in a civil war on a rooftop going head to head with another sniper and all the decisions the sniper makes to win the fight and come out on top. O’Flaherty uses irony and imagery to tell the reader that in war decisions are made to decide if you live or die and some decisions are rational and reckless. O’Flaherty uses irony in the sniper to show how he survives which proves that recklessness

time, Hugh O’Flaherty was one of the biggest advocates of the people being persecuted by the German Nazis. Hugh O’Flaherty saved thousands of lives during World War II by hiding many of the runaway Jews. He used the powers of his position at the Vatican to aid himself in his mission of helping the victims of the Holocaust even though the church was neutral. It is unclear the exact number of people he helped, but it is estimated to be anywhere from 3,000 to 8,000(Fleming 5). Hugh O’Flaherty was a positive

“’There’s nothing stopping you but a want of courage.’” (O’Flaherty 8) Although Kate, Colm’s neighbor, only gives him this pep talk for her own selfish reasons, she turns out to be right, the only thing Colm needed to be successful was enough courage to go against the norm and try something new. He had to throw

Liam O’Flaherty is the author of this short story The Sniper. I enjoyed reading this short story very much. The main character in this story is a Republican sniper, and throughout the story calmly stares into the face of death. This story takes place in Dublin, Ireland, where the Republicans are waging civil war against the Free Staters. In this story our Sniper is having a possibly lethal conflict with another sniper across the street. The other sniper has him pinned down on the rooftop. Unable

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 a

“The Sniper” is a short story written by Liam O’Flaherty which shows the reader the psyche of a skilled sniper amidst the chaos of war in Dublin. The Sniper is an extremely complex, and multi-dimensional character, which is why it is difficult to decipher his personality, and how he distinguishes certain situations in such tense times. Throughout the small amount of text, the Sniper portrays several different character traits, both positive and negative. Mentally, he is very professional, but is

In reality, one will never know who the true enemy is until one kills. In the plot twisting short story “The Sniper,” by Liam O'Flaherty, a republican sniper faces an enemy which later discovers it is his own brother. The republican sniper soon finds the truth of how the enemy was such a good shot. The theme of this story is one can never be sure of the enemy. The sniper’s curiosity leads to realizing who caused the death of his brother. The enemy shoots at the republican sniper and it hits his forearm

Brotherhood Through literature, Liam O’Flaherty, the author of the short story The Sniper, clearly illustrates how horrific and destructive war really is. He illustrates the appalling agony of the Irish civil war through a dramatic story of two brothers against each other in the war. Through the the author's writing, readers can conclude that the theme of The Sniper is that war destroys families. O’Flaherty sets emphasis on this theme by using many strong literary devices. The literary devices used

talked about how it was not the women’s place to be involved in politics and war. In The O’Briens and the O’Flahertys, Sydney Owenson actually points out the fact that it isn’t women’s place. Owenson says, “I shall be accused of unfeminine presumptions in ‘medding with politics;’”. I think that she is challenging the way women should be viewed in society by writing The O’Briens and the O’Flahertys the way she does. Owenson begins the book with a letter. The series of letters that she writes are giving