Comparing The Sniper and Ambush

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Comparing The Sniper and Ambush

There are many similarities and differences between the two short

stories The

Sniper and Ambush. Both short stories have very interesting settings

that take place in

different places. Ambush and The Sniper also have very similar

characters but with very

different outlooks and feelings. The two short stories have very

intriguing but very

similar themes.

The settings in the short stories The Sniper and Ambush are very

different but

have a few similarities. One on the differences is that The Sniper

takes place in Dublin,

Ireland and the story Ambush is in Khe Vietnam. Another difference

between the two

short stories is that The Sniper takes place on a rooftop near O’

Connell bridge and

Ambush takes place in the bushes beside a winding path. “ On a

rooftop near O’Connell

bridge a republican sniper lay watching.” The Sniper takes place in

1921 and Ambush

takes place in the Vietnam war sometime between 1962 and 1972. The

two short stories

are similar because they both take place at night but Ambush is a

foggy, hot night and

The Sniper is a dark cold night. Another similarity in the setting is

that both short stories

take place in a war setting, the Vietnam war and the Ireland war.

The characters in the two short stories have pretty equal similarities

and

differences. One of the big differences between the two characters is

that one is a

republican sniper and the other is a soldier. Another one of the

differences between the

two short stories is that the soldier in Ambush is scared and nervous

about killing but the

sniper in The Sniper is excited. “ He had been too excited to eat.”

In the short story

Ambush the soldier has a partner and in The Sniper the republican

sniper is alone. The

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