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    Compare of story: (1) Through an exploration of plots‚ themes‚ and conflicts‚ it may be argued that both Roald Dahl’s "Beware of the Dog" and Liam O’Flaherty’s "The Sniper" provide varying perspectives on the hardships of war. Both short stories feature main characters pitted against an enemy in a struggle for survival. Both themes have to do with a struggle against dangerous conditions. Both of the main conflicts have to do with a "man vs. enemy" setup. The similarities between these two short

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    The author of the short story “Beware of The Dog” is Roald Dahl. The main character of “Beware of The Dog” is the Narrator/Pilot. The setting of the story is in 1940’s of World War Two. The plot is that there is a British Pilot that is flying in his Spitfire airplane who has been shot and has lost his right leg in combat. He starts to lose conscious because of all the blood lost from his leg being shot off‚ he flips the spitfire upside down and falls out so he can stay awake long enough to pull the

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    Beware of the Dog: The story is about a pilot during the second world war‚ the story took place in the area which consists of Britain‚ France and Germany. The story began while the pilot had a severe injury in his leg which is caused by him getting shot during his flight. He lost the down part of his leg‚ right down his thigh. In the beginning the pilot was in his cockpit trying to imagine how he will make fun of his injury like it is nothing and it doesn’t bother him at all and how he will make

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    CESAR BUITRAGO BEWARE OF THE DOG ANALYSIS Beware of the Dog is a 1944 World War II story by Roald Dahl. It is about Peter Williamson‚ a Spitfire pilot‚ who is flying home injured after a dogfight when he begins to feel light-headed‚ decides to bail out of his plane over the English Channel. He then wakes up in hospital; his injuries are treated‚ and he is told he is in Brighton. However‚ he soon begins to notice that the hospital is not quite as it should be. The water is hard‚ and he remembers

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    Beware the Dog SETTING Place- a hospital in France‚ French sign‚ hospital bed‚ and nurses Time -1944 during World War 2 Junkers 88 flying above Peter when he’s in sleep Mood or atmosphere – anxious‚ a lot of unanswered questions‚ worried unaware of what might happened next‚ Agitated not worried of his surrounding‚ Apprehensive uneasy about the situation Plot Introduction – Peter Williamson is having a hallucination in a hospital‚ and his whereabouts are unknown. His hallucination‚

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    The story "Beware of the Dog" starts by telling us that the main character‚ Peter Williamson is flying a Spitfire‚ or battle plane used in World War II. He makes it apparent that his leg was blown off in a dogfight. He wants to land at the landing zone and simply ask someone to help him out of the plane in a casual manner. As he continues to think about what he is going to say and do when he lands‚ he decides not to call the blood wagon. This is a decision that he will later regret. He now begins

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    The Comparison of The Sniper and Beware the Dog This essay is going to compare the two short stories The Sniper and Beware the Dog. I will compare and contrast the differences and similarities of these two stories. I will also explain how they are and probably how I felt about it. The short stories The Sniper and Beware the Dog is similar because they both are involved in the war and they both lost something that as important to them. They also are similar because they both had something

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    Roald Dahl‚ the author of the short story "Beware of the Dog" clearly exemplifies the modern‚ simplistically styled theme of not always being what you’re told or what you hear. Peter‚ the main character overtime gradually comes to a realization that the Hospital he is staying at isn’t what its meant to be perceived as. He thinks he is in Brighton‚ a town in England when really he is in France behind the enemy lines. The hospital nurse assures Peter saying‚"’You’re in Brighton’"‚ however they were

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    Oh what big effect a little WW2 Nurse could have. In the short story‚ “Beware of the Dog” by Roald Dahl there stands a world war two nurse. This wonderfully written literary work is a war fiction and adventure. In this short story this un-named nurse is taking care of a fallen British soldier during world war two‚ little did this British patient know he was in France at the time‚ for The Nurse´s purpose was to keep Peter Williamson (the fallen soldier) persuaded that he was in British territory while

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    The main character from Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand and the main character from “Beware of the Dog” by Roald Dahl face some similar obstacles and both stories have similar themes. The main theme of “Beware of the Dog” is that looks can be deceiving. The main theme of Unbroken is perseverance. However‚ these two stories can be tied together because Louie (from Unbroken) and Peter (from “Beware of the Dog”) both face a situation where they face an event happening that they believe is one way and

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