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    Liam O’Flaherty’s splendid short story‚ “The Sniper”‚ demonstrated superb suspense throughout the entire story. Several different lively‚ tension-filled moments riddled this story. First off‚ in the beginning‚ the sniper is laying in his covert hideout with his rifle. He decides to light his cigarette because he fancies a smoke. The light gives his position away and the soldier is shot at from an enemy sniper. In this moment Liam‚ the author‚ creates a nervous tension in the audience because the

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    conflicts the 3 stories have incoming is making sacrifice. In the story “Sniper” the Sniper is having a battle with another sniper across the road. Then the “Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford is being hunted by a General‚ Zaroff without a weapon. Then the story “Liberty” the child is having trouble with the Tyrant in the country not letting her and her family go to the U.S. Every main character found a solution but made sacrifices. “Sniper” he had to kill the enemy who was his brother. “The Most Dangerous

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    I was standing on the roof of a building watching and being a look for the democrat party in Dublin‚ Ireland. I was on look out as sniper so I could protect our land from the Republican Party and the snipers that they may send out to eliminate us so they could be free from our party. One night when I was on watch I was thinking to myself if this would be the last time I would live to see another day. I was thinking really hard to myself while walking across the roof tops when my eye caught a slight

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    When the sniper faces danger‚ he overcomes it by being creative and thinking of a plan. He eventually kills his opponent. Likewise‚ when Rainsford is in danger he overcomes it‚ and he eventually kills his opponent. Doodle faces the challenge of walking. He perseveres‚ and eventually is able to walk. The Sniper is a short story where a sniper kills another person‚ only to find out that it is his brother. The Most Dangerous Game is a story where one man hunts the other man‚ but it turns around and

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    . “Al-Shaitan” “The American Sniper” by Chris Kyle is an account of the deadliest American sniper ever‚ called “the devil” by the enemies he hunted and “the legend” by his Navy SEAL brothers. From 1999 to 2009‚ U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. The Pentagon has officially confirmed more than 150 of Kyle’s kills (the previous American record was 109). Iraqi insurgents feared Kyle so much they named him al-Shaitan (“the devil”) and

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    The Sniper: A Short Story

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    Alivah was running for her life through muddy fields and dense forest‚ attempting to evade the sniper who was on her tail. She’d been grounded by one of their anti aircraft missiles‚ and her parachute was kind enough to tangle itself into a chestnut tree‚ of all things. The spiky shells of the nuts had pierced the fabric of the chute and stuck as if they were deliberately trying to hinder her escape‚ and so she had to hurry to cut herself down. From her vantage point in the tree she couldn’t miss

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    Thomas Hardy’s poem. In “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty and “The Man He killed” by Thomas Hardy both literary works show similarities and differences by the use of plot‚ irony‚ and theme. In the two passages‚ there were many similarities‚ but there were also some differences throughout the plot. For example‚ in “The Sniper” the main character was a soldier at war who must kill his enemy to survive.

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    An unknown friendly soldier collapses as his head was just blown off by an enemy sniper in the distance. His M16 with a fully loaded magazine is within your reach; grab the weapon’s cold‚ metallic‚ handle getting ready to spring up‚ aim down the sight and kill the first enemy you spot. You get up and start shooting like a rookie in

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    blocked. “Sniper! Everyone take cover!” The radio screamed to life for those who hadn’t seen or heard the crash. The convoy quickly followed their order. I grabbed my rifle and hit the ground in an instant. I left the door open for cover and peaked out from the area between the door and the ground‚ but I couldn’t see much of anything. I heard the air brakes of the semi as it quickly pulled to a stop‚ several soldiers got out of the back and took up position in the surrounding area. The snipers didn’t

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    found through ways of expressing passion to the public. Such as movies‚ songs‚ poems‚ or even a piece of art. And even though I have seen or found some type of message in all these‚ I’ve found a special one with a film by the name of The American Sniper. This is a film about a U.S Navy Seal Officer by the name of Chris Kyle that was during the fight on terrorism. The things I can take from this film that lets it connect so well with my life is a certain scene about a saying of a sheep dog‚ and

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