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The Sniper Compare And Contrast
In these two stories “The Sniper” by Liam o’ Flaberly and “Cranes” by Hwang Sunwon. They have a lot in Common also there’re about war. Soon you’ll find out more about these two stories next. “The Sniper” by Liam O’ Flaberly is about a Republican Sniper fighting for his life and is in a civil war. The Republican Sniper is on a roof facing the other Sniper across the street then a women saw the Sniper and told the turret where the Republican Sniper was at. The Republican Sniper open fired and killed the women and the turret, then the other Sniper across the street fired and the bullet hit the Republican snipers hand. The Republican Sniper killed his brother. “War reduces humans mirror odjects. “Cranes” by Hwang Sunwon is about a

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