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Comparing Short Stories 'The Sniper And' Cranes
I was reading two short stories one was called “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty and the other was called “Cranes” by Hwang Sunwon. In both stories it tell important details that the authors are trying to send to other people. One will be talking about war and killing people me personally;I don’t think killing is good because it could hurt other people. The other one will talk about loyalty and friendship .
In “The Sniper” the main character is the Sniper himself. The situation is that the Sniper got shot in the arm and is injured. Then the Sniper shoot over at the enemy and the enemy fell down and laid there. The Sniper walked over there and turnt the person over and seen that it was his brother. The conflict is that he shot his brother in the arm and take the chance to shoot the enemy back and kill him. The Sniper learns that you don’t have to always kill because killing don’t always be the best choice at times. Always watch and see who the enemy is because something bad always happen at the end and you will regret that you did it. Resolution is that the enemy shoot over at the Sniper and the Sniper take the chance and shoot back. For the theme you don’t have to always kill you can just walk away from it . The Sniper learned that killing is not good after killing his brother
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During wars you kill people and hurt them and sometimes you don’t be meaning to even though you have to do it you don’t want to. That’s what happen with the Sniper he was doing his job but at the end he find out it’s his brother and he feel bad for doing it. Another thing is loyalty and friendship some friendships can mean a lot to people and even though you may leave they will still accept you to come back. Like Songsam had left his childhood friend Tokchae but then he end up coming back and they escape together. You can learn a lot from both of these stories because they both have important details in them that you might never

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