The Sniper Commentary “The Sniper” by Liam O’ Flaherty is a short story about a sniper‚ set in the Irish Civil War. The author uses characterization‚ symbolism and third person limited point of view to develop the central theme of the horrors of war. The main character in the story is the mysterious Sniper‚ who is serving active duty in the Irish Civil War for the Republicans. The story opens with the Sniper attempting to eat on a rooftop‚ when an enemy sniper opens fire on him. He retaliates
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Section: 02 Q 1: What is the difference between direct marketing and direct selling? Answer: Direct Marketing; definition‚ “The total of activities by which the seller‚ in effecting the exchange of goods and services with the buyer‚ directs efforts to a target audience using one or more media (direct selling‚ direct mail‚ telemarketing‚ direct-action advertising‚ catalogue selling‚ cable TV selling‚ etc.) for the purpose of soliciting a response by phone‚ mail or personal visit from a prospect
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The Characterization of Christabel Critics from around the world have put insight into the many ways that “[t]he lovely lady‚ Christabel” can be characterized (Coleridge 23). Samuel Taylor Coleridge uses many words to describe Christabel‚ but with literary analysis of “Christabel‚” provided by scholars‚ she can be characterized at a deeper level than the way she is described in the text of the poem. Her description plays role in allowing the reader to relate with her quickly and be able to learn
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b. Characterization of Aspirin B. Set – up Fig. 11.1. Suction Filtration Set – up C. Table 11.1 List of Necessary Chemicals Sample Structure Purpose Physical Properties Hazards Salicylic Acid Starting Material Appearance: white powder Molar Mass: 138.12 g/mol Melting Point: 1590C Boiling Point: 2110C Density: 1.44 g/cm3 Mildly irritating (pulmonary irritants). Harmful by inhalation‚ ingestion and through skin absorption. Acetic Anhydride
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. “Al-Shaitan” “The American Sniper” by Chris Kyle is an account of the deadliest American sniper ever‚ called “the devil” by the enemies he hunted and “the legend” by his Navy SEAL brothers. From 1999 to 2009‚ U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. The Pentagon has officially confirmed more than 150 of Kyle’s kills (the previous American record was 109). Iraqi insurgents feared Kyle so much they named him al-Shaitan (“the devil”) and
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Characterization of Howard Roark in The Fountainhead Egoism is the ethical philosophy that focuses on self-interest as the base of morality. In the novel The Fountainhead‚ the character of Roark displays great honesty towards himself and the people who he encounters in his life. Roark is also a man who has a strong desire toward his work as an architect and accomplishing whatever he can to achieve personal success. This character is extremely independent and sees his opinion as the only one worth
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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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