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The Sniper Compare And Contrast
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 that stands out is “The Sniper,” but here are some facts about both stories.

“The Sniper,”depicts that ever action you take has consequences. The author tells this by the sniper shooting the enemy sniper and when the sniper goes to see who he shot

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