Destruction is a theme which taunts the world. History reveals this theme in broad effects as there has been numerous occasions in which human beings have been a product of their own destruction. The worst of these are the ones fought within a country‚ within a home‚ a tribe or a people‚ those are the most unforgettable ones‚ in which even in this current era‚ threatens to be unstoppable and unpreventable. The scars and terrors that torment the world are the ones in which authors in history and writers
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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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Wake up in the morning feelin like caile jnohnson‚ got my hoodie in out the door in gonna hit the studys. Before I leave take my pills‚ called Tylenol pm. Because when I leave for my class I aint wakin up. Im talking droolin on my desk ‚ papers in a mess. Gona have some dreams...not gona hear lentz scream. Wake up in the morning feeling like P Diddy (Hey‚ what up girl?) Grab my glasses‚ I’m out the door‚ I’m gonna hit this city (Lets go) Before I leave‚ brush my teeth with a bottle of
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Alivah was running for her life through muddy fields and dense forest‚ attempting to evade the sniper who was on her tail. She’d been grounded by one of their anti aircraft missiles‚ and her parachute was kind enough to tangle itself into a chestnut tree‚ of all things. The spiky shells of the nuts had pierced the fabric of the chute and stuck as if they were deliberately trying to hinder her escape‚ and so she had to hurry to cut herself down. From her vantage point in the tree she couldn’t miss
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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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blocked. “Sniper! Everyone take cover!” The radio screamed to life for those who hadn’t seen or heard the crash. The convoy quickly followed their order. I grabbed my rifle and hit the ground in an instant. I left the door open for cover and peaked out from the area between the door and the ground‚ but I couldn’t see much of anything. I heard the air brakes of the semi as it quickly pulled to a stop‚ several soldiers got out of the back and took up position in the surrounding area. The snipers didn’t
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In William Blake’s poem‚ “the Chimney Sweeper‚” paradox‚ understatements‚ overstatements‚ and different forms of irony take place to tell the story of the young chimney sweeper. The speaker contradicts his placement as the chimney sweeper and how it affects his health if he were to or not to perform the task‚ “So if all do their duty the need not fear harm.” (24) The excerpt proposes paradox in that if the children were to not clean the chimneys‚ their masters would harm them but if they were to
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scoped the area to see which entrances were blocked or guarded. He saw that the front of the building only had 1 person guarding it. He looked around to make sure that no alarms would go off if he eliminated him. Howard signaled the sniper to take out the guy. The sniper gave a quick
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