The Sniper By Liam O Flaherty

The Sniper was written by Liam O'Flaherty. He lived to be 88 years old. He was born on August 28, 1896 and sadly he died on September 7, 1984. His real name is Liam O’ Flaithearta, given to him by his mother which said that Flaherty was a pseudonym. On August 28, he was born in the village, called the Gort na gCapall on one of the Aran Islands. It was intended for him to enter the priesthood but instead enrolled in the British Army. After this, he became a writer and some of his most famous pieces were the Thy Neighbor's Wife, The Black Soul, Funny The Way It Is, The Informer, The Assassin, and The Sniper. He was a connoisseurus in the field of writing short stories. Some people said some of his stories were sage and legendary that taught
The Free Staters include the guy driving the car and the opposing sniper. The plot of the story is the sniper is watching the roof of the house across the street and he needs to kill the other sniper and get away before morning. One of the conflicts he got shot in the right hand, and was unable to use his sniper. This meant to complete his mission he could only use his revolver with his left hand.
The timeline of the story starts with The Sniper eating a sandwich on the roof. Next, an opposing armored truck drives up and a lady informs the driver of the Sniper laying on the rooftop. Next, he shoots the lady, but in return his shot in the hand from the opposing sniper across the street. Then, he treats the wound a forms a plan to kill the opposing sniper on the other roof. Second to last, he tricks the sniper and kills him. Lastly, he gets off the roof gets away after being attacked by the armored truck.
The mood of this story indicates that he is very serious about his job and needs to keep quiet to avoid being spotted by the opposing forces. He is injured in battle and he quickly recovers and turns the tables on the enemy. The overall mood of the story is a time of war and a wrong move leads to