Civil War is described as two groups or nations fighting in the same country. With that being said, the two stories “ The Sniper and “Cranes” are based off Civil War. Contrarily “The Sniper” is one of the stories. In this story, theirs a Republican Sniper, fighting in Civil War knowing it's a life or death matter trying to survive. The Republican Sniper realizes that war is bad and can lead to wrong things. Killing his own brother, eventually finding out that his enemy that he killed was his own family member. Doing what he can in order to survive. A theme in this story “War knows no boundaries- age, sex, location, time of day, family ties”. Whereas “Cranes” is the other story. In this story, a South Korean solider named Songsam
doing his job and realizes that Tokchae was a childhood friend but Songsam was only doing his job as an officer. Songsam soon learns that he was innocent and let him free. A theme in this story “Friendship overcomes war”. “The Sniper” and “Cranes” have both differences and similarities. Although both stories have differences, a similarity is both stories have something to do with war and having to kill someone that are close to them. The conflict in “The Sniper” is the Republican Sniper getting shot at and at the end it's resolved by finding the way how to kill his enemy. He changed by this soon as he seen the face of his dead brother. The conflict in “Cranes” is Songsam forced to shoot a childhood friend. At the end the conflict is resolved by when Songsam let Tokchae go like when they both let a crane go, when they were younger. Songsam changed when he let Tokchae go so he can change his loyalty. As result as both stories being about war. I can conclude, In the story “The Sniper” is forced to kill his own brother without having a clue. In the story the “Cranes” Songsam was forced to kill his old child hood friend, looking back to the times that they had when letting a crane go, he let his friend go instead of killing him. The stories have different themes, but at the end each character from the story changed their ways.
The short story “The Sniper”, by Liam O’Flaherty and the poem “The Man He Killed,” by Thomas Hardy both use themes of guilt and regret to emphasize how war negatively affects the soldiers fighting it. In “The Man He Killed”, Hardy’s character, a war veteran, wonders what might have happened had he met the man he killed anywhere other than war. The soldier feels a strong sense of confusion and guilt because he realized the man he killed could have been his friend elsewhere. The veteran’s guilt resembles significant similarity to that of O’Flaherty’s character in “The Sniper”. The main character, a sniper in the Irish civil war, unknowingly kills his brother in a battle. The sniper felt remorse even before recognizing the body. The snipers’ sense
In the short story Ambush the soldier has a partner and in The Sniper the republican sniper is alone. The
Having an afternoon smoke becomes a lousy choice for an Irish Republican soldier in the short story “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty because it almost costs him his life. A Republican sniper lights his cigarette when moments later, a bullet whizzes past his body. After some shooting in the street, the Free State sniper from across the street shoots again, this time the Republican sniper is wounded in the arm. The Republican sniper nurses his wound and tricks the enemy sniper into thinking he is dead. Armed with a revolver, the Republican sniper then kills the other sniper once the Free State sniper moves out from his hideaway. The remaining sniper begins to wonder who this other man is. The Sniper demonstrates resourcefulness, battle weariness,
In "The Sniper", there is a republican sniper taking enemy fire from another sniper. The republican sniper doesnt speak while he is being shot at, he thinks and tries to survive. He is a sniper in the civil war. The republican sniper was able to make the enemy sniper think that he was dead. That is when the republican sniper was able to use his side arm to kill his enemy. After he killed his enemy he got off the roof-top to see who is enemy was. So he ran over to his dead foe, only to find out it was his own brother.
Liam O’Flaherty’s realistic fiction story, “The Sniper” takes place in Dublin, Ireland during a civil war. In the story the Republican Sniper is assigned a dangerous, life or death mission. On the parapet of a roof he sits still, with his rifle by his side and a job of killing his enemy on the other side of the street. After achieving his goal the Sniper realizes what he has done. When he checks to see who he has killed, it is his brother. In this critical part of the story, the author shows the theme of, actions have consequences, while also using 2 crafts moves such as description and foreshadow.
In the short story “The Sniper” Liam O’Flaherty throws many conflicts at the protagonist who is a Republican sniper. The first challenge the sniper is faced with is figuring out how to satisfy his craving for a smoke. The conflict he faces is sparking a match in the parapet on the cold night in Dublin, Ireland. You can make an inference that he regrets lighting the cigarette because immediately a bullet wizzed into his loctation and the book says “He swore softly and crawled away to the left.” The second conflict the sniper faces is getting shot in the forearm by the opposing sniper. This is a problem because his whole right arm is out of commission. You can tell the sniper has reacted a big conflict because the book says “He stooped to pick
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
History tells us that war is a horrifying experience which can have an irreparable impact on the individual, society and humanity in general. Through its descriptions of the main character’s thoughts, emotions and actions, Liam O’ Flaherty’s The Sniper suggests that war has a dehumanizing effect for all involved both directly and indirectly. The main character appears to a normal person, but the harsh realities of war turns him into a cold-blooded killer devoid of any feelings. Also, the cool and collected attitude he displays in face of injury or death shows us how war hardens the hearts of those who participates in it. Lastly, the sniper’s inner struggles with his beliefs and feelings tell us that soldiers are also innocent victims
The Sniper is a suspenseful story that is written by Liam O’Flaherty. It is a battle between two snipers in an epic battle. The sniper is a story set in Dublin in the middle of the Irish civil war and it shows how war destroys families. The author uses pacing and order to create suspense by rapid conflicts, speeding up and slowing down the momentum of the story.
The two stories both end in completely different ways. In “The Sniper” the story ends with the protagonist resolving his conflict, but finding an ugly horror in the fact that the man he killed was his own brother. This is shown in the following passage, “Then the sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother’s face.” (O’Flahtery, 215). In “Cranes” the story ends in a much happier way. The story ends with the protagonist freeing his best friend rather than finding something horrible. In “Cranes” the protagonist frees himself from a horror, in “The Sniper” the protagonist discovers a new horror. We can see the protagonist of “Cranes” freeing his friend in this passage, “Only then did Tôkchae catch on. He started crawling among the weeds.” (Sunwon, 227). These are complete polar
War is an ongoing issue that spreads like a cold. “Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy stated this to the United Nation General Assembly on September 25th, 1961. War results in death and if we continue this useless act of violence, war will soon deplete the human race. The connection between these two stories is that two men are faced with a conflict and they must kill their foes. In Liam O'Flaherty's “The Sniper” and “The Man He Killed” by Thomas Hardy both show similarities and differences in plot, irony, and theme.
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.
Liam O’Flaherty’s The Sniper describes the horror of the Irish Civil war between the Free Staters and the Republicans. He tells the short story from the perspective of a Republican sniper.
Having great jobs, being invited to fancy parties is flattering and all… if only it were true. In the short story, “The Glass Slipper” by Alan Armer and Walter E. Grauman, the main characters Smitty and Duchess both go through many obstacles. As they go on with their life stories, neither of them know they are lying to each other. They continue to boast on about their accomplishments, but do realize they are digging their selves a bigger hole in the process. Within all of the obstacles, Smitty and Duchess will definitely result in not ending up together. This being the way they lie to each other and how they are insecure about what is going on in their real lives. The story begins as they dance and chat away.
In The Sniper by Liam O’Flahetry not even family can be trusted. War will ruin lives and relationships with loved ones. War is full of dilemma , which could be solved in a orderly fashion rather than a crazy disaster where young people die. The external the internal and the setting shows how war will ruin lives.