Comparing The Sniper And The Man He Killed

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In both “The Sniper” and “The Man He Killed” a person dies from a gunshot wound. Both persons had gotten shot because they were the enemy. Each selection is ironic in some way because in the story “The Sniper” the man thinks he shot the enemy but soon he starts growing curious about who he shot, when he gets a closer a look at the person he shot it was his brother. In the poem “The Man He Killed” the soldier towards the end of the poem implies that if it was not for war soldiers and the enemies would get along. Both selections say that war is horrible due to the many

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