What is the mood of the story (provide one direct quote)? The mood of the story is dark and weary. In this scene the sky is gloomy and there are Republican and Free Starter soldiers fighting in the Irish Civil war, “The long June twilight faded into the night. Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon that shone through the fleecy clouds.. machine guns and rifles broke the silence of the night, spasmodically” (O’Flaherty 1). Although the mood of the story is creepy and dim for the most part, it is silent with the sudden sounds of guns firing. As the story progresses, the sniper’s emotions begin reflecting on his actions. He begins to feel guilt and remorse for killing someone and the mood shifts to tension and violence. What types of conflict appear in the story “The Sniper”? List as many conflicts as you can find with examples from the story to support your response. Many conflicts erupt in the short story, “The Sniper.” The obvious conflict will have to be the fight between the Republican and Free Starter snipers during the Irish Civil War, “Republicans and Free Starters were waging civil …show more content…
war” ( O’Flaherty 1). The conflict got extremely out of hand the two brothers began fighting ending with one of them being killed, “Then the sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother's face” (O’Flaherty 2). The last conflict appeared in the story would have to be man versus himself. The Republican sniper had felt extreme remorse for killing someone, “The sniper looked at his enemy falling and he shuddered. The lust of battle died in him. He became bitten by remorse” (O’Flaherty 2). The two conflicts appeared in the story would have to be the external conflict, man versus man and the internal conflict, man versus himself. What is the theme of “The Sniper”? The theme of ”The Spider” is that individuals in war are mere objects, no names, and no faces. In this short story, the republican and free starter snipers are fighting against one another in the Irish Civil War. The free starter sniper shoots at his enemy losing his humanity.The republican sniper had let his anger get the best of him and wanted to get back at the free starter sniper for shooting him, by killing the sniper. He doesn't’ realize that his enemy is human, with a name and a face. He looks past those things causing him and his enemy to dehumanize. Provide examples from “The Sniper” which show suspense (provide two direct quotes) Suspense is shown in the shown in the short story, “The Sniper” when the Republican Sniper risks lighting a cigarette, knowing that the emenimes were watching and would find him immediately, “He paused for a moment considering whether he should risk a smoke.
It was dangerous. The flash might be seen in the darkness, and there were enemies watching. He decided to take the risk” (O’Flaherty 1). Another scene where suspense was shown in “The Sniper” was when the Republican sniper had been curious to know who the man was that he killed and decided to risk taking a look at the man, “..He felt a sudden curiosity as to the identity of the enemy sniper whom he killed..He wondered did he know hi,..He decided to risk going over to have a look at him” (O’Flaherty 2). In both scenes the sniper decided to take risks which showed suspense throughout the
story. What is the point of view of “The Sniper”?” “The Sniper” is written in the third person point of view. I believe that the author chose to write in this point of view to add suspense and mystery to the story. Since this story is written in third person we only know minimal information about the characters characters shown through their actions. We can’t identify the certain emotions characters are feeling throughout each scene because the narrator focuses on mainly one character. If “The Sniper” hadn’t been written in third person then the ironic ending wouldn't have shown suspense. Activity # 2 – Writing Assessment Your writing assignment is to develop a two paragraph diary entry from the sniper’s point of view in which the sniper recognizes his brother. In this assignment, consider how the situation of war creates conflicts between people who don’t know who they are fighting against. Learning Objective: I will use context clues after having read a text to write a narrative of three paragraphs extending the plot scoring at least a 3 out of a 4 on a writing rubric.
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.
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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 the seemingly “wrong” plague this world and are the ones who are the ones who are the main reason for the plight. To aid in his creation of such emotional conflict, turmoil and plight, the author has portrayed the sniper as a very controversial character in the story. This story is oriented around one character in the Civil War which he should not even be in as he is. mentioned to be a “student” in the story.
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.
Liam O’Flaherty’s realistic fiction story, “The Sniper,” takes place in Dublin, Ireland, where there is a civil war waging between Republicans and Free Staters. The Republican sniper, who is the main character in the story, is fighting in the civil war for the Republican organization. There are numerous amounts of people who are attempting to assassinate the sniper because of his organization, and his enemies are located all around him waiting patiently until they gain their chance. The Republican sniper, however, leaps before he looks most times, thus leading to severe consequences throughout the story. By using description and suspense, O’Flaherty creates the lesson that actions, without thought, will lead to consequences.
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 main character of “The Sniper” is the republican sniper and the main character of the “Cranes” is Songsam. In “The Sniper”, the sniper is in a war and he is trying to kill his enemy. At the beginning of the story, he is on a rooftop near O’Connell Bridge lay watching. Beside him lay his rifle and over his shoulders was slung pair of field glasses. He looked like he was a student. He was self disciplined but was extremely devoted towards the war. He was eating a sandwich because he eaten nothing since morning. He is going to smoke but he paused and thought whether he should or shouldn’t but he did. In the “Cranes”, Korean War is going on. During this war, many villages along the thirty-eighth parallel changed hands several times.
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 conclusion, the Sniper is, interestingly, a complete contradiction in himself. He is both experienced and amateur, cold and emotional, lusting after war and hating it, self-assured and vulnerable, and logical and mad. This stark paradox may create much of the inner conflict that goes on within the Sniper, and also reflects the outer conflict of the Irish war- a war where both sides are essentially opposing parts of the same whole.
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.
Identify the different conflict episodes that exist in this case? Who was in conflict with whom? 3 points
O’Flaherty suggests the horror of war by presenting its physical dangers. In “The Sniper” the author uses the story to depict the possible injuries from war. In the text, the author states “The sniper lay for a long time nursing his wounded arm and planning escape.” Republican Sniper
Determine all of the story's conflicts. Determine the major conflict and state this in terms of protagonist versus antagonist.