Comparing Day And The IRA Sniper

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Once when I was in Chicago, with a friend and his family, my friend and I were both waiting for his parents to come out of the hotel. Then a man came up to us and asked if we can help him get his kid out of a trapped car in a McDonald's parking lot. We both told him no and that we were waiting for his parents. The story shows how my friend and I used our intelligence to know not to go with this guy. In which could’ve been a dangerous for both my friend and I; but many books show off their character's intelligence in even worse or more dangerous situations. Day from the book Legend and the IRA sniper in “The Sniper” both show their intelligence through them being in dangerous situations.

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The first example is, when Day is at a military protected hospital and is in a need of an escape route “My eyes jump to the tiny windows in the stairwell’s plaster walls” (Lu 30). In this situation, Day has broken into a hospital ,with military protection, for cures for the plague, a unknown disease in the book, to give his family; but it did not go as plan. Day is now running away from military police while also looking for a escape route. Then finding a window he is willing to take his chances and jumps. By being able to think on his feet, Day is showing off his intelligence by finding an escape route. Another example is when Day has escaped the hospital and is in the sewage system and the military police are on the scene ”If he has any sense, he’ll have taken half a dozen turns down there and done it in sewage water too. He wouldn’t have touched the walls”(Lu 44). After Day has made his escape the military police see’s he has thought of everything to make sure he wasn’t followed. Even though he was badly hurt and wounded Day showed off his intelligents be leaving no trace behind. Day is intelligent by how he was able to find a escape route and leave no traces left

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