assumed maybe the sniper himself would ended up dead and every line I waited for that shot for the other side to kill him. I think this story was very well written since it didn’t give away what would happen while still including some foreshadowing that you wouldn’t really see until you reread it. What I noticed for example was when his brother died there was so much detail put into the description on his death talking about how he toppled of the roof and how it affected the sniper which was not the
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Summer Oglesby 9 November 2012 British Literature Antonetti-2nd Murder‚ some may defined it to be the intentional and uncoerced killing of the innocent; and it is true by definition that murder is wrong. For three weeks in October of 2002‚ John Allen Muhammad and Lee Malvo terrorized the areas of D.C.‚Virginia‚ and Maryland. The two men shot innocent citizens‚ often from a distance with rifles of high-power‚ out of the back of their vehicle. The two killed 10 of the 13 people that they
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The Beltway Sniper During October 2‚ 2002 a series of murders started to happen around Washington D.C area‚ as well as in the Baltimore area. Five shootings attacks occurred in a fifteen hours period‚ which continued on for another three weeks. People were surrounded by fear and authorities did not have any clues of what or why these shootings were happening. Different messages and signs were left at the scene of the crime by the killer‚ but still nothing solid enough to have any suspects. The
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The stories “The Sniper” and “Cranes” are two very similar but yet different stories. “The Sniper‚” was written by Liam O’Flaherty‚ the story is about a republican sniper trying to get out of a civil war ‚in Ireland‚ in the end the sniper succeeds in sniping the enemies sniper but learns it’s his brother. “Cranes‚” is written by Hwang Sunwōn and is about a man‚ named Sōngsam‚ and his old pal‚ Tōkche‚ heading to the jail‚ and on there way cranes appear and Sōngsam lets Tōkche go. But the one story
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Climax and resolution are related because the climax is the turning point so whatever happens in the climax will change what happens in the resolution. For instance in The Sniper‚ sniper 1 kills sniper2‚ if he didn’t kill him then we wouldn’t of found out that its actually his brother and there wouldn’t be a good suspenseful ending. Therefore climax and resolution are related. Suspense and setting are very much related because the setting can lead to suspense‚ like when Rainsford was in the woods
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”The Sniper”can be described by its literary elements of time‚place and atmosphere as well as the theme statement no one wins in a civil war. The setting of the story can be described through time and place.The story begins during the transition between twilight and night and ends around dawn.Along with time the story can be explained through place.The story takes place in June of 1922.The story takes place in Dublin‚ Ireland.Near the O’Connell bridge and Four Courts buildings.The sniper was on
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story “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty there is a war. Based in Dublin‚ the Republicans and Free Staters are not at peace. In fact‚ they are in the war. This war is tearing families and friends apart because of their own beliefs. By using the story’s sentence variety‚ Liam O’Flaherty creates the lesson that every action has a consequence through different craft moves. Every action has a consequence comes through the story impacting the characters. For example‚ when the Republican sniper struck his
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Liam O’Flaherty‚ the author of "The Sniper‚" uses situational irony and internal conflict to show how societal conflicts‚ such as a civil war‚ can have a harmful impact on individuals. An example of O’Flaherty emphasizing the impact of the war on an individual is when the sniper succeeds in killing his victim. Rather than having him celebrate his victory‚ the author shows the regret felt by the sniper in this detail‚ "The sniper looked at his enemy falling and he shuddered. The lust of battle died
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Destruction is a theme which taunts the world. History reveals this theme in broad effects as there has been numerous occasions in which human beings have been a product of their own destruction. The worst of these are the ones fought within a country‚ within a home‚ a tribe or a people‚ those are the most unforgettable ones‚ in which even in this current era‚ threatens to be unstoppable and unpreventable. The scars and terrors that torment the world are the ones in which authors in history and writers
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Sniper and Cranes Essay The “Cranes‚ and “snipers both have two main characters‚ who get separated in life and have to decide if he shall let one live after they have been separated by each others differences in war. The “sniper is about 2 young brothers who get separated by their differences in war. And sadly later on in the story one brother kills an old lady‚ plus the sniper on the other side of war. He then finds out that the man he just killed is his brother. So it has a lot of twists throughout
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