Literature is a form of Art. Both works are different and similar. Cranes by Hwang Sunwon and The Sniper by Liam O'Flaherty are the works being compared.
Cranes by Hwang Sunwon, is a story about a man that has a difficult decision to make regarding a close friend of his. The main characters in this story are Songsam and Tokchae. Songsam’s conflict is that he must decide which is more important, his friend or his duty. He remembers his childhood and decides to let him go. The lesson that is learned is that the past is the key to the Future.
The Sniper by Liam O'Flaherty, is a story about a young man on his fight for freedom. The main characters in this story are the Sniper and the enemy sniper. the main conflict of the Sniper is whether to
The similarities are prolific in their presence in certain parts of the novel, the very context of both stories shows similarities, both are dealing with an oppressed factor that is set free by an outsider who teaches and challenges the system in which the oppressed are caught.
In the story, “The Sniper”, The sniper showed that he was an intelligent soldier. In the beginning, after Being shot by the enemy sniper the sniper took care of his wound and was able to compose himself and think of a plan. Thinking he had won the battle after the snipers successful decoy the enemy sniper dropped his guard and the second he did the sniper
In Liam O'Flaherty's "The Sniper," all of these. are brought to an acute reality in a single war-torn city. Strong cerebral convictions and opposing philosophies, due to which people want to destroy the seemingly “wrong” plague this world and are the ones who are the ones who are the main reason for the plight. To aid in his creation of such emotional conflict, turmoil and plight, the author has portrayed the sniper as a very controversial character in the story. This story is oriented around one character in the Civil War which he should not even be in as he is. mentioned to be a “student” in the story.
The underlying themes of the stories are l valid contrasts between the works. In some portions the themes are of the same facets, such as how in both books two men have a direct conflict between
Liam O’Flaherty’s realistic fiction story, “The Sniper,” takes place in Dublin, Ireland, where there is a civil war waging between Republicans and Free Staters. The Republican sniper, who is the main character in the story, is fighting in the civil war for the Republican organization. There are numerous amounts of people who are attempting to assassinate the sniper because of his organization, and his enemies are located all around him waiting patiently until they gain their chance. The Republican sniper, however, leaps before he looks most times, thus leading to severe consequences throughout the story. By using description and suspense, O’Flaherty creates the lesson that actions, without thought, will lead to consequences.
The main character of “The Sniper” is the republican sniper and the main character of the “Cranes” is Songsam. In “The Sniper”, the sniper is in a war and he is trying to kill his enemy. At the beginning of the story, he is on a rooftop near O’Connell Bridge lay watching. Beside him lay his rifle and over his shoulders was slung pair of field glasses. He looked like he was a student. He was self disciplined but was extremely devoted towards the war. He was eating a sandwich because he eaten nothing since morning. He is going to smoke but he paused and thought whether he should or shouldn’t but he did. In the “Cranes”, Korean War is going on. During this war, many villages along the thirty-eighth parallel changed hands several times.
In the short story Ambush the soldier has a partner and in The Sniper the republican sniper is alone. The
The two passages from The Firefly Hunt and Red Cranes include many similarities although they are presented differently. The two narratives are The Firefly Hunt by Jun’ihiro Tanizaki and Red Cranes by Jacey Choy. Choy and Tanizaki took different approaches
This classic writing prompt can be quite challenging because it sounds almost as if you are being asked to compile a list of similarities and differences. While a list might be of use in the planning stage, this prompt asks you to use what you discover to arrive at a conclusion about the two works under discussion.
There are many similarities between the conflicts in “Lather and Nothing Else” by Hernando Téllez and “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty. In “Lather”, a barber in the South America revolution, secretly working as an informer for the revolutionaries is presented with the opportunity to kill his worst enemy, Captain Torres one of the leaders of the revolution. Although he is only an informer and a barber, he has Captain Torres’ life in his hands and ponders whether to kill or not kill him but in the ends lets him go unharmed. In “The Sniper”, a Republican sniper is presented with the task to kill a Free Staters sniper in a civil war. When he gets shot, he has to escape by killing the enemy sniper and manages it, but when he looks at the enemy sniper
We all have our own opinions on what is right and wrong and what makes us feel sympathetic or considerate to what is going on around us. No matter how much you dislike or look down on decisions and judgements of your neighbor we all have certain traits that make us resemble others. The Sniper and Lather and nothing else are two different short stories that at first seem completely different, but after looking deeper into them they may not be as different as they may seem. Before comparing these two stories you might ask yourself, How could two different time periods relate to each other? And can places on opposite parts of the world share the same issues? It shows us that in some ways we are all very different but in some ways we are all the
Civil War is a horrible time for anyone involved. “The Sniper,” by Liam O’Flaherty, and “Cranes,” by Hwang Sunwon, represent this with hardships that the main characters face. Both stories take place during a civil war, but each of the main characters are in unique situations. The Sniper, from “The Sniper,” is exchanging gunfire, with an enemy on a rooftop during The Irish Civil War. Whereas, Sungsam, from “Cranes,” is escorting one of his greatest childhood friends to a different village as a prisoner of war. The themes in these stories are very similar, There is no real winner in times of war.
The IRA Sniper wasn't the only one their. He now has to find a way out without anyone seeing him. He wanted to fire, but he knew it was useless. His bullets would never pierce the steel that covered the gray monster (O’Flaherty 2). This is an example of him being dangerous by showing that he has a gun and has every intention of using but he knew it wouldn't work. His hand trembled in eagerness, pressing his lips together, he took a deep breath through his nostrils and fired (O’Flaherty 4). This is another piece of evidence that shows he is dangerous. Even when he is injured he still kills his target and finds his way to escape. This connects to the thesis because it shows that he killed someone. He killed another human to
In “The Sniper” the conflict is man vs man, which means main character is tasked with killing his enemy, but it proves to be quite a challenge. Even though there were many challenges the sniper followed through with his job and persevered even after he was shot in the arm. Wanting to kill his enemy, stay alive, and be one step closer to ending the war was his main goals. Being brave, he took off his hat, placed it on his gun, and raised it above the edge of the roof. Instantly the enemy shot at it and the sniper, pretending to be dead, waited until the enemy got up for him to shoot him. He did some quick thinking and, with determination, handled the conflict quite well.
...these two books with different author, different published century, different ways to create the story. It seems like different, but it’s the same in some way.