Thomas Hardy’s poem. In “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty and “The Man He killed” by Thomas Hardy both literary works show similarities and differences by the use of plot‚ irony‚ and theme. In the two passages‚ there were many similarities‚ but there were also some differences throughout the plot. For example‚ in “The Sniper” the main character was a soldier at war who must kill his enemy to survive.
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The story ends ironically when the IRA sniper realizes that the enemy he killed was his own brother. But there are larger ironies here: first‚ that all of the sniper’s Free State enemies are‚ in a sense‚ his brothers‚ for they had been comrades in arms fighting for the same cause; second‚ that all men are brothers as descendants of Adam and Eve. When they fight‚ they become Cain and Abel. No doubt‚ the IRA sniper now wonders about the identities of the turret gunner‚ the old woman‚ and the person
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The Sniper Personality Profile In Liam O’Flaherty’s "The Sniper‚" O’Flaherty portrayed the ‘Sniper’ character as somebody who can have many different outcomes or profiles depending on how people see the character. We can kind of get an idea of how the Sniper looks‚ and his psychological profile. The way O’Flaherty describes the Sniper’s appearance‚ actions‚ and his thoughts‚ can give us subtle hints on his profile. The Sniper is described physically by having the face “of a student. When the
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War has no boundaries like age‚ family‚ and time of day. In the story‚”The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty a sniper is stationed on a rooftop near O’Connell Bridge and is tasked to “take out” any hostiles. While staking out‚ the sniper got shot in the arm by a fellow sniper and is faced many challenges in order to survive. Despite the Sniper’s skill‚ the sniper is realizing how war shows no mercy. When O’Flaherty wrote‚“He paused for a moment‚ considering whether he should risk a smoke. . . He decided
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In the story "The Open Boat" the author‚ Stephen Crane‚ uses a lot of figurative language. Figurative language is used in this short story to give a valid picture of what the men are going through by comparing something that the reader probably hasn’t seen. Examples of how figurative language works in this story are showing the comparison to how small the boat really is and how big the waves are. They are so big compared to the boat that they can’t see anything but those waves. Other examples of
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veteran gives a surprise to his/her special person which were very inspirational and emotional. However‚ after once I read through almost half of the study‚ I had the vision of the movie‚ American Sniper which was a biographical war drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and was based on a real-life American Sniper‚ Chris Kyle. It made conceptualize that for military couples it weren’t all happiness for them because‚ in the movie‚ he was a really successful and celebrated veteran‚ however‚ the tours that
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Austin Sheehan Mrs. Stitham English 10 Honors 10/24/14 Book Review for American Sniper – By: Chris Kyle (Autobiography) Before I start my book review‚ I would like to show respect to Chris Kyle‚ who died in an incident that occurred at a gun range in Erath County‚ Texas‚ where he and his good friend Chad Littlefield‚ were slain by a retired soldier “supposedly”‚ suffering from PTSD. I greatly appreciate his dedication and time spent protecting the United States of America. Overview: Chris Kyle
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The movie‚ American Sniper‚ has definitely been one of the most anticipated and controversial films of 2014. The movie is directed by Clint Eastwood‚ and stars Bradley Cooper. This movie tells the unique and complicated story of former navy seal‚ Chris Kyle. Chris Kyle is mostly known as the most lethal sniper in U.S military history. Chris had 160 confirmed kills in total of all of his tours of duty. Unfortunately‚ Chris Kyle was killed at a gun range by a former marine who had a history of mental
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D.C. Sniper Exercise During the course of our case study‚ Group J‚ employed three analytical techniques to the D.C. Sniper (Beltway Sniper attacks) to generate a possible hypothesis of the offender. The three techniques are Key Assumption analysis‚ Quadrant Crunching and Multiple Hypothesis Generator. Upon assessment of these techniques similar results where found yet each method came with its own issues. By examining how the techniques where used by the group where achieved a greater understanding
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