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
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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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Mary Hopkins January‚ 20‚ 2011 Compare and contrast essay Tales of two very different men‚ from different times in the past. Both men intrigued with human sacrifice. Even though they are from two different centuries‚ they share the same interest‚ although they have different personalities. One‚ a man from the eighteenth century‚ lives above the family catacombs‚ which vowed revenge upon a poor unsuspecting soul‚ lured him to his death. This man is known as Montresor. The other
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gets a sense of what it is like being the prey getting chased down. In fact‚ Zaroff smiled when he came to where Rainsford was‚ which caused him to become very nervous. Thoughts kept running through Rainsford’s mind about “why the general [had] smiled...and turned back” (Connell 33). Rainsford felt he was being strung along and trapped into similar situations as an animal. Rainsford felt that he would be caught by Zaroff‚ so he did not make any movement. Rainsford had a feeling that he would be killed
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Ulrich and zaroff are similar in three ways ‚ the first way is they both are hunters . The second way is they are very violent ‚and the last one is both of them die in the end . They both are hunters‚ Ulrich was in the Forrest hunting and he didn’t won’t to bump into Georg because they was rivals against each other if they did see one or the other . Then zaroff would hunt‚ but he was little to old to all of that so he would send one of his people to kill and would stay home . Although they seem
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automatically faced with the question of the two men’s humanity. Are they barbarians? Are they completely sane? The main question is‚ are either of them civilized? When you think about it Sanger Rainsford is clearly more civilized compared to General Zaroff. I know this because he is with the common folk‚ he can tell that killing is immoral‚ and acts in a mature respectful way. When you picture someone uncivilized you often link immaturity‚ lack of wealth‚ non polite‚ showing no concern for others‚
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“The Most Dangerous Game” Compare and Contrast Essay Have you ever told someone that you know how they feel or that you feel their pain? Is that really possible? Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” introduces many different themes through the characters of General Zaroff and Sanger Rainsford. In “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ written by Richard Connell‚ Richard Connell develops the theme that to fully understand another’s plight‚ man must first experience it himself through Rainsford and
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PLOT SUMMARY: In Ireland‚ two snipers engage in a civil war. ELEMENT SPECIFIC QUOTE MEANING 1. Mood/Tone “The long June twilight faded into night. Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon that shone through fleecy clouds‚ casting a pale light as of approaching dawn over the streets and the dark waters of the Liffey.” ¶. 1 Negative‚ Dark‚ Aggressive‚ Forceful‚ Sad 2. Point of View “He was eating a sandwich hungrily. He had eaten nothing since morning. He had
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The Sniper has been around since the early 1800’s and first started out with the British army. The First American Snipers were implemented as early as the American Revolutionary War. During this time the Colonists would climb trees and hide amongst the branch’s and leaves to keep concealed‚ and strike the enemy when they were within range. The early rifles used by Snipers were constructed of smooth barrels enabling from making accurate consisted shots. It wasn’t until gun manufactures started to
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The Sniper By: Liam O’flaherty A story about the Irish Civil War. The story takes place in Dublin around the beleaguered Four Courts in the middle of The City where gunfire of heavy guns‚ machine guns and rifles break the silence of the Night‚ spasmodically‚ like dogs barking on lone farms. The long June twilight faded into night. Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim Light of the moon that shone through fleecy clouds‚ casting pale light as of approaching Dawn over
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