The Sniper Response
The ending of this story caught me by surprise, the whole time we were reading I was trying to figure out what the twist at the end would be but I didn’t see this coming. I 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 case when he killed the informant woman, her death for the most part was
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I know people in the class suggested he's a sociopath and is unable to feel emotion which was proven to be untrue based on how he reacted after shooting the man, because truly under it all, he was just a student probably only 18-21 years old who had a life and at least one sibling. In my opinion the man was ok or even excited, about killing because he thought he was doing it for a good cause and was defending something he believed in. Maybe he thought after the war he would be deemed a hero for his services. None of that mattered thought when he realized he took his own brother’s life. It put it into perspective that even if him and his own brother were fighting on opposite sides he still wouldn’t want to hurt him. This story really made made me think about my own brother who I don’t have an outstanding relationship with as far siblings go. More often than not we’re fighting with each other and rarely do we agree on things but I know I still love him since he is my brother and I know we care and look out for eachother.
There’s something so powerful about all these short stories are written, such as The Little Match Girl, The Sea Devil and of course this one. The main character or any character is never named. This anonymity really puts you into their situation and connects you to the character like you are them, at least for me. I didn’t feel that way about Gift of the Magi, I did relate the characters in some moments but they
I know people in the class suggested he's a sociopath and is unable to feel emotion which was proven to be untrue based on how he reacted after shooting the man, because truly under it all, he was just a student probably only 18-21 years old who had a life and at least one sibling. In my opinion the man was ok or even excited, about killing because he thought he was doing it for a good cause and was defending something he believed in. Maybe he thought after the war he would be deemed a hero for his services. None of that mattered thought when he realized he took his own brother’s life. It put it into perspective that even if him and his own brother were fighting on opposite sides he still wouldn’t want to hurt him. This story really made made me think about my own brother who I don’t have an outstanding relationship with as far siblings go. More often than not we’re fighting with each other and rarely do we agree on things but I know I still love him since he is my brother and I know we care and look out for eachother.
There’s something so powerful about all these short stories are written, such as The Little Match Girl, The Sea Devil and of course this one. The main character or any character is never named. This anonymity really puts you into their situation and connects you to the character like you are them, at least for me. I didn’t feel that way about Gift of the Magi, I did relate the characters in some moments but they