What is the mood of the story (provide one direct quote)? The mood of the story is dark and weary. In this scene the sky is gloomy and there are Republican and Free Starter soldiers fighting in the Irish Civil war, “The long June twilight faded into the night. Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon that shone through the fleecy clouds.. machine guns and rifles broke the silence of the night, spasmodically” (O’Flaherty 1). Although the mood of the story is creepy and dim for the most part, it is silent with the sudden sounds of guns firing. As the story progresses, the sniper’s emotions begin reflecting on his actions. He begins to feel guilt and remorse for killing someone and the mood shifts to tension and violence. What types of conflict appear in the story “The Sniper”? List as many conflicts as you can find with examples from the story to support your response. Many conflicts erupt in the short story, “The Sniper.” The obvious conflict will have to be the fight between the Republican and Free Starter snipers during the Irish Civil War, “Republicans and Free Starters were waging civil …show more content…
It was dangerous. The flash might be seen in the darkness, and there were enemies watching. He decided to take the risk” (O’Flaherty 1). Another scene where suspense was shown in “The Sniper” was when the Republican sniper had been curious to know who the man was that he killed and decided to risk taking a look at the man, “..He felt a sudden curiosity as to the identity of the enemy sniper whom he killed..He wondered did he know hi,..He decided to risk going over to have a look at him” (O’Flaherty 2). In both scenes the sniper decided to take risks which showed suspense throughout the
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.
Murder is a reprobate action that is an inevitable part of war. It forces humans into immoral acts, which can manifest in the forms such as shooting or close combat. The life of a soldier is ultimately decided from the killer, whether or not he follows through with his actions. In the short stories The Sniper by Liam O'Flaherty and Just Lather, That's All by Hernando Téllez, the killer must decide the fate of their victims under circumstantial constraints. The two story explore the difference between killing at a close proximity compared to killing at a distance, and how they affect the killer's final decision.
The sentence, “Placing a cigarette between his lips, he struck the match, inhaled the smoke hurriedly and put out the light.” demonstrates that the Republican sniper is exposing himself to snipers surrounding him, since there was visible light from igniting the match (1). In other words, a sniper that is waiting patiently to eliminate his victim, the Free Stater sniper, will notice the cigarette being lighted and will immediately shoot the source of the light. When the story continues, it is detected that the Free Stater sniper notices a light source, and quickly takes aim at it, believing the light source leads to an individual. This is noticeable because the Republican sniper is nearly dead a few seconds after lighting the cigarette, since the Free Stater sniper fired his gun after seeing suspicious activity of a match being illuminated. Also, the sentence shows that the Republican sniper did not presume that a possibility of his consequential action’s is that an enemy is going to shoot him, since he obviously exposed himself for others to detect. Even though the action of lighting the cigarette was not the most consequential action, it still caused a drastic situation for the main character. However, O’Flaherty’s description is not the only craft move he develops to convey the theme, action, without thought, to the reader. He also uses suspense
In both stories, people died. In “The Sniper”, the old woman, and the man she informed, as well as the sniper’s brother were killed. While in “The Most Dangerous Game”, Ivan and General Zaroff died.
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.
The basic plot of the story is based during an evening within the Irish civil wars. It tells of a republican sniper sitting on a rooftop and neutralising enemy units as the cross a bridge. When a free-states sniper shows himself on an opposite roof they wage a fierce and innovative war to see who would end up the better. Eventually the republican sniper gains the upper hand and after taking a bullet in the arm destroys the worthy opponent. After a curious inspection to the identity of the enemy sniper he finds himself looking into the eyes of his dead brother.
In "The Sniper", there is a republican sniper taking enemy fire from another sniper. The republican sniper doesnt speak while he is being shot at, he thinks and tries to survive. He is a sniper in the civil war. The republican sniper was able to make the enemy sniper think that he was dead. That is when the republican sniper was able to use his side arm to kill his enemy. After he killed his enemy he got off the roof-top to see who is enemy was. So he ran over to his dead foe, only to find out it was his own brother.
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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.
O’Flaherty suggests the horror of war by presenting its physical dangers. In “The Sniper” the author uses the story to depict the possible injuries from war. In the text, the author states “The sniper lay for a long time nursing his wounded arm and planning escape.” Republican Sniper
The Sniper exhibits qualities that are both experienced and amateur. O’Flaherty describes the Sniper as “a man who is used to looking at death”, from which we can infer that the sniper has seen many deaths, since a person who is exposed frequently to death gradually grows senseless to it. In the passage, “There was a flash and a bullet whizzed over his head. He dropped immediately.”, we can tell from the “dropped immediately” that the sniper has exceedingly quick reflexes, something usually apparent in those who are experienced in the techniques of war.
Determine all of the story's conflicts. Determine the major conflict and state this in terms of protagonist versus antagonist.
Identify the different conflict episodes that exist in this case? Who was in conflict with whom? 3 points