The Sniper Narrative

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After the sniper shot his enemy he looked at him and realized who he shot. It was his brother, he suddenly thought to himself, “What have I done?”. He was trying to think whether his brother thought he was an enemy, or if he was just crazy. He took his wounded and bloody brother back to base to the infirmary. He knew he killed his brother but he wanted to see if there was still a chance to save him. “Can you save my brother?”, he asked. The medical team all looked at each other and one of them said, “There's no chance we can save him, hes already dead, I’m sorry.” The sniper instantly had a feeling of regret and started thinking of possible ways he could’ve acted differently or how he could’ve said something. He started saying how it's his fault and he should be the one who's dead. …show more content…

“You did what!”, she exclaimed. She thought at first he killed his brother intentionally. “It was in a shooting accident, we thought we were each other's enemy, I would never kill my brother on purpose!”, he yelled. After arguing for a couple of minutes they came to an agreement to have a funeral for him and tell the rest of the family what happened. After a few months they held the funeral in a funeral home right by their house. The sniper was grieving for a long time after thinking about what he did, and the fact that his brother was now dead. The funeral had beautiful red, white,and blue flowers for both of them because they were in the military. The most distraught person was his mother who cried for months even after the death of her

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