There are many similarities between the conflicts in “Lather and Nothing Else” by Hernando Téllez and “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty. In “Lather”, a barber in the South America revolution, secretly working as an informer for the revolutionaries is presented with the opportunity to kill his worst enemy, Captain Torres one of the leaders of the revolution. Although he is only an informer and a barber, he has Captain Torres’ life in his hands and ponders whether to kill or not kill him but in the ends lets him go unharmed. In “The Sniper”, a Republican sniper is presented with the task to kill a Free Staters sniper in a civil war. When he gets shot, he has to escape by killing the enemy sniper and manages it, but when he looks at the enemy sniper …show more content…
Both stories have a protagonist and an antagonist, both who want to murder each other as shown in “Lather” when the barber is faced with the decision of whether or not to kill Captain Torres, his worst enemy, although he ends up not having the guts to do so. It is shown in “The Sniper” when the Republican sniper kills the Free Staters sniper without hesitation in order to help the Republicans win the civil war as he has also done with the Free Staters informer. Also, both the Antagonist of “Lather” and the protagonist of “The Sniper” use deception to gain an advantage over their enemy. In “Lather”, Captain Torres, one of the leaders of the revolution walks into the barber shop to see whether the barber would kill him or not by placing his own life in the barber's hands with the barber’s razor right next to his neck. In “The Sniper”, when the Republican sniper gets shot and gets into a tough situation, he tests the enemy sniper by placing his cap over his sniper and raising it so that the enemy sniper could see it so that the Republican Sniper could see if the enemy sniper would notice if it was a …show more content…
In “The Sniper”, the Republican sniper considers taking a smoke although if the spark is seen, his location would be given out which would put him in more danger. In “Lather”, the barber considers killing Captain Torres but if he were to, the barber states” But the blood would be flowing along the floor, warm, indelible, not to be stanched, until it reached the street like a scarlet river” (p. 16) which implies that if he were to kill Captain Torres, the blood would be noticed by the Revolutionaries which would result in the barber being hunted down and murdered if he were
The basic premise of the two plots is the same. Both stories deal with the capture of a young person who is to be groomed to live in a private, controlled environment to make them happy, but where they are never able to leave.
In conclusion both short stories were great at allowing us the reader to see the way that women were repressed in their society in the 1900s. We don't hate the men; we just wish women did not have to be so subservient. Freedom is achieved in very unconventional ways in both of these stories, but the kind of freedom these narrators achieve is not available to most women of this time era.
Evil is omnipresent, but it cannot be clearly perceived without an unbiased understanding of its intent and motivation. In “The Tattooed Soldier”, this sense of evil is depicted in the two main characters, Antonio Bernal and Guillermo Longoria. The book is set in the late 20th century era of Los Angeles, where the city is in a state of riot and utter chaos. The story focuses on Antonio, a political refugee from a dictated Guatemala, and Longoria, a former member of the Guatemalan death squad. They came to Los Angeles from the same country, but their beliefs and actions differ severely. When their paths cross, Antonio is struck with fear, because he recognizes Longoria as the tattooed soldier who killed his family. The encounter triggers a flashback
In the story, “The Sniper”, The sniper showed that he was an intelligent soldier. In the beginning, after Being shot by the enemy sniper the sniper took care of his wound and was able to compose himself and think of a plan. Thinking he had won the battle after the snipers successful decoy the enemy sniper dropped his guard and the second he did the sniper
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.
Murder is a reprobate action that is an inevitable part of war. It forces humans into immoral acts, which can manifest in the forms such as shooting or close combat. The life of a soldier is ultimately decided from the killer, whether or not he follows through with his actions. In the short stories The Sniper by Liam O'Flaherty and Just Lather, That's All by Hernando Téllez, the killer must decide the fate of their victims under circumstantial constraints. The two story explore the difference between killing at a close proximity compared to killing at a distance, and how they affect the killer's final decision.
As we saw earlier, both authors of both stories were born in different places and did many things. “The Sniper” sets in Dublin, Ireland, during a time of a bitter civil war. It was a war between the Republicans, which wanted Ireland to become ...
The basic plot of the story is based during an evening within the Irish civil wars. It tells of a republican sniper sitting on a rooftop and neutralising enemy units as the cross a bridge. When a free-states sniper shows himself on an opposite roof they wage a fierce and innovative war to see who would end up the better. Eventually the republican sniper gains the upper hand and after taking a bullet in the arm destroys the worthy opponent. After a curious inspection to the identity of the enemy sniper he finds himself looking into the eyes of his dead brother.
In both stories the sniper and The Scarlet Ibis the protagonists had a complicated relationship with their brothers. In the first story the relationship between the brothers is unknown. The Republican sided brother didn't know his brother was on the Freeskater side and killed him. In the next story, The Scarlet Ibis, Doodle just wanted to please his brother. Doodle was weaker and felt like he had to live up to his brothers standards. As a result of their actions the protagonist caused their brothers
Both stories show feminism of the woman trying to become free of the male dominance. Unfortunately, the woman are not successful at becoming free. In the end, the two women’s lives are drastically
Both stories, Response to Executive Order 9066 and "Mericans", establish a common American Identity theme. The main idea of these two stories is how people may or may not relate to their cultures. Both are narrated by teenage girls, and both establish a common theme that your appearance does not define you.
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.
They heard! I was certain of it.” The characters aren’t developed very much in both of the stories, however, their characteristics are different. The main characters in both of the short story are two people, but the protagonist is developed innocent and the antagonist is unrighteous in “Click Clack and Rattle Bag”, “I reached over and tousled his hair.” “I would have pulled away, then, if I could, but small, firm fingers pulled me forward, unrelentingly, into the dark.” show that the young man wants to take care of the kid, but the kid uses his good looks and tone and finally kills the man. And on the contrast, the
Both stories show the characters inequality with their lives as women bound to a society that discriminates women. The two stories were composed in different time frames of the women’s rights movement; it reveals to the readers, that society was not quite there in the fair treatment towards the mothers, daughters, and wives of United States in either era. Inequality is the antagonist that both authors created for the characters. Those experiences might have helped that change in mankind to carve a path for true equality among men and women.
The setting to “The Sniper” plays a vital role in understanding the meaning O’Flaherty was trying to convey. The main character is sitting on a rooftop near O’Connell Bridge in Dublin Ireland. During the Irish Civil War, the river that flowed beneath the bridge, was the dividing line in the Battle of Dublin. From the beginning, when civilians watched the opening attacks from atop the bridge, to the end, when it shook from the final bombing that forced the Republicans to surrender, the bridge was a key factor to the end result of the war. (Black,