Adhamh the sniper looked into the face of his dead brother and looked down the dark silent street as if he had been seriously injured all over again. He softly placed one of his bear hands on the side of his brothers face to wipe off the blood that was slowly rolling down. “Riiiiing riiiing riiiiing.” Adhamh’s phone was ringing and when he looked he realized that it was the sergeant and he was scared that he was in trouble, so before the sergeant began to speak the sniper immediately said “I have killed my enemy, but the enemy was my brother and I didn't even know that it was my brother until I turned the body over.” While saying that the sniper had a sad and regretful look on his face. “It's okay this was your goal that you were supposed
The brother shot at him first. He didn't know it was his brother it was dark. There was smoke in the air. He could barely see across the way . His brother shot him in the arm. He didn’t want to be found dead up there in the morning. He had to find a way down, but he was shooting at him.
I joined the army to avenge the deaths of my family and to survive, but I’ve come to learn that if I am going to take revenge, in that process I will kill another person whose family will want revenge..” (199). At the UN, he speaks with many children who had parallel encounters in their own countries. Beah apprehends that he is not alone. After years of observing and instigating futile deaths, Beah finally values his own life. Nonetheless, while for the most part the tone was uplifting there were still reminders that Beah’s past will continue to haunt his present and future. Beah remains having nightmares and flashbacks. In addition, he does not completely open up to his family about what he had encountered and endured. Beah says, “They wanted to know about me, and I wasn’t ready to tell them.” (184). No matter how much support he may have, it does not erase the ghastly actions he has witnessed and endured and this confirms he is still fighting inner demons. This shows the effect the war has on people and Beah was trying to bring awareness to that by his
In Liam O'Flaherty´s The Sniper, all of these are brought to an acute reality in a single war-torn city. Strong cerebral convictions and opposing philosophies, due to which people want to destroy.
His quick thinking and desperate attempts to avoid an intricate situation ends with him killing his enemy, but the consequence is later revealed at the end of the short story. O’Flaherty writes, “Then the sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother’s face” (4). In other words, the enemy that the Republican sniper shoots at the end of the passage was not only his enemy, but his brother. The action of killing his brother shows that the Republican sniper is to blame because he takes action, without much thought, and does not consider that he is shooting his own flesh and blood. The Free Stater sniper is utterly the same as the Republican sniper because he views his enemy the exact same way. He does not ruminate on whether his enemy lives a different life outside of the war. Another sentence that is prominent in showing the mindset of the snipers wanting to create bloodshed from each other is, “ He must kill that enemy…” (3). O’Flaherty writes this to showcase the Republican sniper’s thoughts and feelings through his elaborate plan to assassinate the opposing sniper. The Republican sniper merely deliberates on how he will eliminate his
“The Sniper” and “The Most Dangerous” Game are both different stories, written by different authors. Liam O’Flaherty is the author of “The Sniper”. He was born on one of Ireland’s Aran Islands, in a large family. Since the Aran Islands have a tradition of oral storytelling, Liam O’Flaherty’s house was full of different kinds of stories. He also wrote about Irish peasant life and captured the struggles of the Irish Civil War. His best known novel is “The Informal”, and it talks about a betrayal set during the Irish Troubles.
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.
When Amir comes to Afghanistan to visit Rahim. He reveals the secret that’s been hidden from Amir his whole lifetime. “He and Sanaubar had Hassan, didn’t they? They had Hassan- ‘No they didn’t’, Rahim Khan said. ‘Yes they did!’ ‘No they didn’t Amir.’ ‘Then who-’ ‘I think you know who”(Hosseini 222). Amir is stunned with the news that Hassan is actually his brother. He is mortified and is extremely hurt that nobody told him about this during his childhood. Then Rahim proposes to Amir the way that he can be good again and he begins to tell Amir about Sohrab, Hassan’s son who is now an orphan. This leads Amir to his next act of redemption. During the climax of the book Amir shows his redemption by fighting Assef, Hassan’s rapist. “WHAT’S SO FUNNY?’ Assef bellowed. Another rib snapped, and this time lower left. What was so funny was that, for the first time since winter of 1975, I felt at peace. I laughed because I saw that, in some hidden nook in a corner of my mind, I’d been looking forward to this” “But I felt healed. Healed at last. I laughed” (Hosseini 289). Amir is back in his hometown finding a way to be good again and he ends up meeting Assef again. This time they are fighting because Amir wants the boy Sohrab. But Assef says the only way he could have him is if he won this fight. Assef wanted the revenge that
His parents never fought in front of us, so I know it is serious. After she questioned his ghayrat, I knew it was a significant matter. Even after being questioned of his pride, he continued to advance in creating a peace in anyway possible. Yet, having a family member attempt to get away still didn’t break him. He was also very indulgent when receiving news. Frim breaking up arguments in public to finding his own son in the trunk of his taxi, and even being calm during times when tensions was high, Habib has a great concept of racial understand and is very tolerant in the book Shooting Kabul by N.H. Senzai.
In his short story “The Sniper,” Liam O'Flaherty uses limited third-person point of view to show the disconnect from humanity that war propagates for those who are thrust into extreme circumstances. He further enforces this point of view by choosing not to use any proper names for any of the characters within the story. Instead “a Republican sniper” is the man posted on a roof in Dublin. “His face was the face of a student, thin and ascetic, but his eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic.” The opposing sniper, the turret gunner, the old woman, the unseen machine gunner even the reveal of the brother at the end all have in common that O’Flaherty has chosen to leave them unnamed. It is within this theme that “The Sniper” represents
In “The Sniper” the conflict is man vs man, which means main character is tasked with killing his enemy, but it proves to be quite a challenge. Even though there were many challenges the sniper followed through with his job and persevered even after he was shot in the arm. Wanting to kill his enemy, stay alive, and be one step closer to ending the war was his main goals. Being brave, he took off his hat, placed it on his gun, and raised it above the edge of the roof. Instantly the enemy shot at it and the sniper, pretending to be dead, waited until the enemy got up for him to shoot him. He did some quick thinking and, with determination, handled the conflict quite well.
This makes the other soldiers laugh, but I wonder why he really does it. It’s like he wants to become something he’s not. He tells jokes and makes others laugh and brags that he now killed men, all of them close enough that he could hear him die. But is it the truth?” (Boyden 77).
By contrast, the Sniper also possesses many traits of an amateur soldier. He is described as having “the face of a student”, and had been fasting because “he was too excited to eat”. The word “student” has the connotation of one who is young, inexperienced, and still learning, while his excitement implies that this fighting was new to him, because most people tend to be excited at new experiences. Furthermore, when passage states that as he heard the enemy car draw nearer “his heart beat faster”, which is another portrayal of his eagerness and desire to fight. Thus we see a disparity in the Sniper’s character, which is both experienced and amateur.
“I’ll kill him!” screams the assassin. But Abdul lunges forward, stabbing his sword through the king’s stomach and into the assassin. He then pushes them both out the window.
In the crosshairs of, US Navy Seal, Chris Kyle’s scope, sits a woman and a young boy who appear to be attempting to hide something. Seconds pass, and the woman passes the item to the boy, revealing to Kyle and anyone around just what they have, a deadly grenade. After talking to his partner and his general on his radio, he has to make a choice, to kill or not to kill. His partner makes the decision harder by telling him “They’ll fry you if you’re wrong,” regarding if the child in question is actually a threat or simply a misunderstanding. This is the opening scene in the 2015 film, “American Sniper” which is based on the real life events experienced by Chris Kyle in Iraq (Eastwood, 2015).
After Amir had won the kite running battle Hassan decided to run Amir kite around Kabul to show everyone he was the champion. It had been a while since Amir had seen Hassan and thought he should have be back by now. But did he know something horrid was going on to Amir. Amir happened to find with Hassan was but he wasn’t alone, he turned the corner and “ [He] couldn't stop looking at: One was the blue kite resting against the wall, close to the cast iron stove; the other was Hassan’s brown corduroy pants thrown on a heap of eroded bricks (Hosseini 75).” Yes what you think is about to happen is happening. This poor little boy is about to experience the worst situation in his life right now. While his best “friend” is standing there watching not doing anything. As he is just standing there “Assef knelt behind Hassan, put his hands on Hassan’s hips and lifted his bare buttocks. He kept one hand on Hassan’s back and undid his own belt buckle with his free hand. He unzipped his jeans. Dropped his underwear. He positioned himself behind Hassan. Hassan didn’t struggle. Didn’t even whimper. He moved his head slightly and I caught a glimpse of his face (hosseini 75-76).” This boy is lying helpless and who knows what is going through his mind but his friend his brother is staring at him getting raped and not doing anything to stopped it. Hassan catches him looking and just