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    story “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty there is a war. Based in Dublin‚ the Republicans and Free Staters are not at peace. In fact‚ they are in the war. This war is tearing families and friends apart because of their own beliefs. By using the story’s sentence variety‚ Liam O’Flaherty creates the lesson that every action has a consequence through different craft moves. Every action has a consequence comes through the story impacting the characters. For example‚ when the Republican sniper struck his

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    conflicts the 3 stories have incoming is making sacrifice. In the story “Sniper” the Sniper is having a battle with another sniper across the road. Then the “Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford is being hunted by a General‚ Zaroff without a weapon. Then the story “Liberty” the child is having trouble with the Tyrant in the country not letting her and her family go to the U.S. Every main character found a solution but made sacrifices. “Sniper” he had to kill the enemy who was his brother. “The Most Dangerous

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    In the story “The sniper‚” the use of dramatic and situational irony brings out the theme of war knowing no limit. Irony helps the theme of this story by making the reader notice the details that are important in the story. Dramatic irony is shown when the sniper “considers whether he should risk a smoke. It was dangerous. He decided to take the risk.” In this example‚ the sniper takes the risk of smoking and the readers knows that he will be spotted by the enemy. This displays how people tends

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    Sniper and Cranes Essay The “Cranes‚ and “snipers both have two main characters‚ who get separated in life and have to decide if he shall let one live after they have been separated by each others differences in war. The “sniper is about 2 young brothers who get separated by their differences in war. And sadly later on in the story one brother kills an old lady‚ plus the sniper on the other side of war. He then finds out that the man he just killed is his brother. So it has a lot of twists throughout

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    characters give way to darker characters and more realistic situations. However‚ what do they all have in common? They live in short stories Two stories that are interesting are "The Sniper" by Liam O’Flaherty and " A Sound of Thunder" Ray Bradbury. Both center around grow men have guns to kill something. The Sniper in "The Sniper" has part of the army trying to take out enemies. Eckels is trying to hunt a T.rex back in the past to win $10‚000. While there are some obvious similarities‚ both authors approach

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    whatever is necessary and tell the truth from the start. One way people should productively deal with their conflicts with doing whatever is necessary. The sniper in the short story “The Sniper” conflict is that he is a sniper in a civil war and he is shooting against and he is shooting against a republican sniper. To defeat the republican sniper‚ he had to outsmart him. He took off his cap and placed it on top

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    Liam O’Flaherty’s splendid short story‚ “The Sniper”‚ demonstrated superb suspense throughout the entire story. Several different lively‚ tension-filled moments riddled this story. First off‚ in the beginning‚ the sniper is laying in his covert hideout with his rifle. He decides to light his cigarette because he fancies a smoke. The light gives his position away and the soldier is shot at from an enemy sniper. In this moment Liam‚ the author‚ creates a nervous tension in the audience because the

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    I was standing on the roof of a building watching and being a look for the democrat party in Dublin‚ Ireland. I was on look out as sniper so I could protect our land from the Republican Party and the snipers that they may send out to eliminate us so they could be free from our party. One night when I was on watch I was thinking to myself if this would be the last time I would live to see another day. I was thinking really hard to myself while walking across the roof tops when my eye caught a slight

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    When the sniper faces danger‚ he overcomes it by being creative and thinking of a plan. He eventually kills his opponent. Likewise‚ when Rainsford is in danger he overcomes it‚ and he eventually kills his opponent. Doodle faces the challenge of walking. He perseveres‚ and eventually is able to walk. The Sniper is a short story where a sniper kills another person‚ only to find out that it is his brother. The Most Dangerous Game is a story where one man hunts the other man‚ but it turns around and

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    An unknown friendly soldier collapses as his head was just blown off by an enemy sniper in the distance. His M16 with a fully loaded magazine is within your reach; grab the weapon’s cold‚ metallic‚ handle getting ready to spring up‚ aim down the sight and kill the first enemy you spot. You get up and start shooting like a rookie in

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