The Sniper Questions 1. The names of the two sides involved in the conflict are the “Republicans” and the “Free Staters”. The protagonist (main character) is on the Republican side. 2. The story is set at night. The text states that “machine guns and rifles broke the silence of the night.” (O’ Flaherty 1) I believe that this is the case because they are fighting a civil war and the darkness makes the plot more intense since he decides to take a risk of lighting a cigarette. 3. The snipers
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“The Sniper” By Liam O’flaherty published in 1923 is considered one of his best works. Liam O’Flaherty lived from 1896-1984 in Galway‚ Ireland. He joined the Ireland National Guard in 1917 under the name Bill Ganly. Liam found trench warfare to be monotonous and suffered serious injury and shell-shock during the Battle of Langemark. His first book The Informer (1925) was made into a movie in 1935 and nominated for best picture in the Academy Awards. O’flaherty’s best work is depicted as “His First
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“The Sniper”‚ is written by Liam O’Flaherty. Through a realistic fiction story it takes place in Dublin‚ Ireland on a rooftop near O’Connell Bridge. The sniper is a Republican sniper and is fighting against Free staters. For the Republican‚ there is a Free stater watching him and this man is the sniper’s brother. Using (suspense and foreshadowing)‚ O’Flaherty’s story teaches the theme that violence is never the answer and causes the person to look at death differently. Violence is an action that
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“The Sniper” Essay Have you ever been forced to do something that could possibly affect you for the rest of your life? Well‚ in this short story a man was forced into a war that ended up having physical and mental affects on him. In the short story “The Sniper”‚ author Liam O’Flaherty suggests the horror of war on a personal level by presenting not only its physical dangers‚ but its psychological effects as well. One method the author uses to convey circumstances associated with the war on a personal
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The Sniper is a suspenseful short story written by Liam O’Flaherty.This story takes place in the Irish civil war in this story there is a republican sniper and a free-state sniper these snipers get in a shooting war and them more people show up to him the free state sniper. This story uses time to make it more suspenseful they use things such as giving you time to think what might happen and ‚using words to give you an idea of how fast things are happening and why they are doing it like that. They
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The story “The Sniper” is written by Liam O’Flaherty and it takes place in the civil war in Dublin‚ Ireland in the 1920’s. The war is between the Republicans and the Free Staters. The other story “Cranes” is written by Hwang Sunwon and it takes place in the civil war in Korea in the early 1950’s . these stories are fairly similar based on the conflicts happen in countries where civil wars are taking place and the main characters have to make difficult decisions between being loyal to their Family
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Wars can either tear friends and family apart or bring them close together. In “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty‚ the sniper faces a surprise after deciding to go look at the enemy sniper. In “Cranes” by Hwang Sunwon‚ Songsam takes Tokchae to get killed and towards the end‚ he frees Tokchae. The theme is the central idea or insight about life that a story reveals. The theme of “The Sniper” is that war separates families; the theme of “Cranes” is that war cannot tear friendships apart. These two themes
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Analysis of “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flathery The Sniper is a short story written by Liam O’Flathery‚ an Irish author‚ who fought for the independence of Ireland. The short story was printed January 12‚ 1923 as O’Flathery first published work. The story takes place in Ireland’s capital city‚ Dublin. The year is probably around 1922‚ where the Irish Free State has just been established. The Anglo-Irish Treaty was agreed by London and it created an Irish Free State‚ but it was under the dominion
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“The Sniper” written by Liam O ‘ Flaherty As a socialistic society we live in we find ourselves in positions were conflicts arise between friends or family. “The Sniper” was written by Liam O ‘ Flaherty to express a subtle yet powerful opinion on such a conflict. With references this essay will analyse the short story bringing to light the structure used to contribute to the theme. The basic plot of the story is based during an evening within the Irish
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