Comparing The Sniper and Ambush
There are many similarities and differences between the two short
stories The
Sniper and Ambush. Both short stories have very interesting settings
that take place in
different places. Ambush and The Sniper also have very similar
characters but with very
different outlooks and feelings. The two short stories have very
intriguing but very
similar themes.
The settings in the short stories The Sniper and Ambush are very
different but
have a few similarities. One on the differences is that The Sniper
takes place in Dublin,
Ireland and the story Ambush is in Khe Vietnam. Another difference
between the two
short stories is that The Sniper takes place on a rooftop near O’
Connell bridge and
Ambush takes place in the bushes beside a winding path. “ On a
rooftop near O’Connell
bridge a republican sniper lay watching.” The Sniper takes place in
1921 and Ambush
takes place in the Vietnam war sometime between 1962 and 1972. The
two short stories
are similar because they both take place at night but Ambush is a
foggy, hot night and
The Sniper is a dark cold night. Another similarity in the setting is
that both short stories
take place in a war setting, the Vietnam war and the Ireland war.
The characters in the two short stories have pretty equal similarities
and
differences. One of the big differences between the two characters is
that one is a
republican sniper and the other is a soldier. Another one of the
differences between the
two short stories is that the soldier in Ambush is scared and nervous
about killing but the
sniper in The Sniper is excited. “ He had been too excited to eat.”
In the short story
Ambush the soldier has a partner and in The Sniper the republican
sniper is alone. The
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