Liam O 'Flaherty's The Sniper'

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In the short story “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty, the sniper is a man caught in a tragic situation. First of all, when the sniper had killed the old lady and the man from the turret, the text states, “The sniper looked at his enemy falling and he shuddered. The lust of battle died in him. He became bitten by remorse” (O’Flaherty 214). This states how the sniper feel guilty or responsible for the enemies death even though he was only doing his job. As he shivered, he feels sorrow for the death of them yet has to keep doing his job. In addition, the end of the story shows how the sniper reacts when he finds out who the enemy sniper he had killed was. The author writes, “Then the sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother’s

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