“The Sniper,” is a detailed story written by Liam O’ Flaherty during the time of the civil war. The war was set in Dublin, Ireland where the Republicans and Free Staters had a dispute over the moral issue of slavery. The economics of slavery and political control was the center of the conflict of the war. This story describes a sniper in the war and his will to survive. He must complete gruesome tasks to live in the time of the war. This story explains how a sniper must confront his enemies and do everything in his power to survive. At the beginning, a sniper laying on a rooftop contemplates whether or not to light a cigarette. He decides to take the risk. The flash of the flame gives away his position and almost immediately, …show more content…
He decided to risk being seen in order to walk over and take a look at who he had just killed. He ran across the street. Once he reached the dead body, he turned it over and looked into his brother’s face. This story describes how war turns friend against friend, brother against brother. It takes every good morsel of a persons body and makes them do the unthinkable. A friend as close as a brother can turn against the other in an instant. In war, no side really wins. Each side receives success and each side suffers tragic loss. No matter the outcome, it cannot erase the heartache of losing a soldier at battle. No one is safe from the danger and sadness that war brings. It will fill them with agony, pain and guilt. It is their will to survive that pushes them to do such horrific actions. The sniper allowed the war to push him to kill. Although he may be filled with remorse, he still has to do everything necessary to survive. He took the life of two people who were doing their job just like he was. That is what the war does. No matter who the person is, friend or enemy, they are the opponent and the job of the sniper is to kill the …show more content…
The sniper does not think about the person he is aiming at. The only reason he is so curious about the identity of his enemy is because he thinks possible he may have known him. Unfortunately he did know the man, and it was his brother.
This story was written to show the point of view from a sniper during the time of war. Novelist and short-story writer Liam O’ Flaherty himself went through the difficult time of war. He was enlisted in the British Army during the First World War and suffered a serious injury two years later in a bomb explosion. The army discharged him after his recovery because he had developed severe depression. He then returned to Ireland and joined the Irish Republican Army. Several of O’ Flaherty’s novels center on the effects of the war, including the sniper.
The result of war is that mankind is eliminating the chance for humanity to continue, for bloodlines to continue. Not knowing who the enemy is, getting the enemy in one’s sights and pulling the trigger is normally done not knowing the person on the other side of the gun. It is not until one recognizes the fact that they could begin to question what they are
Rainsfords, Montresor, Walter Palmer, and The Sniper all killed. The Sniper was most justified killing his enemy. Three reasons why are because the brother shot first, he didn’t know it was his brother, he didn’t want to die he was already shot,it was a war. This could have happened to anyone. It was sad when that happened. This is why Why The Sniper is justified for killing his brother
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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.
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.
As we saw earlier, both authors of both stories were born in different places and did many things. “The Sniper” sets in Dublin, Ireland, during a time of a bitter civil war. It was a war between the Republicans, which wanted Ireland to become ...
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.
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.
In the short story Ambush the soldier has a partner and in The Sniper the republican sniper is alone. The
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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.
In conclusion, the Sniper is, interestingly, a complete contradiction in himself. He is both experienced and amateur, cold and emotional, lusting after war and hating it, self-assured and vulnerable, and logical and mad. This stark paradox may create much of the inner conflict that goes on within the Sniper, and also reflects the outer conflict of the Irish war- a war where both sides are essentially opposing parts of the same whole.
When the war breaks out, this tranquil little town seems like the last place on earth that could produce a team of vicious, violent soldiers. Soon we see Jim thrown into a completely contrasting `world', full of violence and fighting, and the strong dissimilarity between his hometown and this new war-stricken country is emphasised. The fact that the original setting is so diversely opposite to that if the war setting, the harsh reality of the horror of war is demonstrated.