Literary Techniques Used In 'The Sniper'

The Sniper

The sniper is a story about a civil war taken place in Dublin. It tells of a republican sniper sitting on a rooftop of a building near to O'Connell bridge. The war is between Republicans and the free states. the sniper is one of the fellow of republican, when a free state sniper shows himself on an opposite roof. they were waiting each other 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. The author created a three dimensional and interesting essay using important setting, Diction, and simile that effectively brings the essay in to life. The opening paragraph gives a vivid description of situation as would physically been seen, and gives a brief description of the setting, Also the setting contribute by being the critical component for assisting the story. The place the “sniper” takes place is in a city called Dublin, the sniper post himself on a rooftop near to the four courts building and O’Connell bridge. The time is nightfall in June. “The long June twilight faded into night. Dublin lay
By using the word looking it draws the reader’s attention to the eye of the sniper. In addition when “the sniper looked at his enemy falling and he shuddered” the word of choice on this occasion is very effective as it makes it easy for the reader to imagine the sniper feels. The reader can interpret the word “shuddered” in several ways. The most obvious way that the reader can interpret this is the sniper got a chill down his back as he watched the body falls to the