influence the best stories. A more interesting topic emerges when a character must choose between loyalty to a loved one and devotion to government. In “The Sniper” and “Cranes” the main character is involved in a civil war that calls for allegiance to the government despite his feelings for a loved one who fights for the opposite cause. “The Sniper” and “Cranes” share similarities and differences in the plot‚ the characters‚ and the theme. Although‚ these stories are two similar pieces of literature
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on earth. However it is in fact‚ decaying our civilization‚ along with mankind. “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty and the poem “The Man He Killed” by Thomas Hardy are two pieces that deal with the issues of war‚ and in fact share many similarities and differences in the areas of plot‚ irony‚ and theme. Liam O’Flaherty
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use of rhetorical devices such as symbolism‚ foreshadowing‚ and irony. Also his risky personality that provoked him to write this story as play instead of a novel. Writing a play is exceptionally harder to pull off‚ and Arthur Miller did just that. To have this much success with a piece of literature‚ rhetorical devices are a must‚ and a huge one that
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story between Jim and Della‚ which is transfigured by O.Henry’s unrivalled flowery language‚ academic and belles-letters style‚ and his superb ironical tone. At the end of the story‚ readers will only be able to say “How ironical their life is!” “The irony of life” in “The Gift of the Magi” is presented through a story of love and sacrifice between a young couple‚ Jim and Della‚ who are poor materially but not poor spiritually. They always live happily in a poor living condition. Their happiness is
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The setting in Liam O’Flaherty’s “The Sniper” enables the story’s action and conflict because it is set during the Irish civil war. To begin‚ this story short had both internal and external conflicts. The external conflict is‚ person vs person between the sniper and the enemy sniper. The setting of this story enables that conflict because of how dangerous his surroundings are. On page 5 of this short story‚ there is a quote describing how unsafe the setting really is. “Here and there through the
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The Comparison of The Sniper and Beware the Dog This essay is going to compare the two short stories The Sniper and Beware the Dog. I will compare and contrast the differences and similarities of these two stories. I will also explain how they are and probably how I felt about it. The short stories The Sniper and Beware the Dog is similar because they both are involved in the war and they both lost something that as important to them. They also are similar because they both had something
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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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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
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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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Clint Eastwood makes American sniper the number seven on my top favorite movies. I think the story of Chris Kyle is the most powerful U.S military story I ever read and seen. This movie’s about a Texas man who always dreamed of becoming a cowboy and got bored and wanted to join the fight against terrorism. He goes to Iraq and saves US lives with his dangerous accuracy. I think this movie was one of the best military movies ever watch. This movie made me think of All the vets and people in our army
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