Summary Of Liam O 'Flaherty's The Sniper'

Confederate general Robert E. Lee once said, “What a cruel thing war is...to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.” Often times war rips apart countries, specifically when dealing with a civil war. While Robert E. Lee is correct in saying war can fill the hearts of neighbors with hate. Liam O’Flaherty, author of “The Sniper” displays that civil war can even put brothers against each other. This, is the conflict O’Flaherty utilizes in his short story in which two brothers are fighting against each other during the Irish Civil War. Like most war stories or movies, suspense is present throughout the text. O’Flaherty creates suspense in “The Sniper” through the use of imagery and the topic of