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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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    the length o time he had been here. The spotter slung a rifle‚ pack and another bundle‚ then took a long look around the area. Sniper 1‚ as the bank robber designated the intruder‚ was over confident to have slung his rifle. It almost seemed he carried all his worldly goods with him. Did that mean he didn’t trust the other group members‚ or was he on his own? Sniper 1 walked away at an easy pace‚ keeping the high ground between himself and the farmhouse area. The direction he traveled was vaguely

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    Year 11 English Literature Written Component – American Sniper How my own life connects to the book I want to be a soldier in the army once I have graduated from school. The book ‘American Sniper’ is about Chris Kyle and his life throughout the army and his time at home in Texas. I will be starting off at a higher end of the ranks as Chris enlisted through a recruiting center‚ I will be going through officer training to achieve leadership skills‚ and to enable a backup for myself if I was to ever

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    The Sniper was written by Liam O’Flaherty. He lived to be 88 years old. He was born on August 28‚ 1896 and sadly he died on September 7‚ 1984. His real name is Liam O’ Flaithearta‚ given to him by his mother which said that Flaherty was a pseudonym. On August 28‚ he was born in the village‚ called the Gort na gCapall on one of the Aran Islands. It was intended for him to enter the priesthood but instead enrolled in the British Army. After this‚ he became a writer and some of his most famous pieces

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    “The Sniper” Short Story Analysis Liam O’flaherty’s “The Sniper” creates an eerie feeling caused by the intensity and severity of the raging war of the authors mind and text. Having read “The Sniper” and given the end‚ a notion is created that the author has brotherly issues or perhaps issues with a friend that is considered a brother. The sniper in the story is going through war and through the text it is shown that he is cautious and patient in his work. Although he is careful in the line

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    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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    a dispute‚ they can determine which side is right by looking back at their experiences‚ by their instincts‚ and by risking a side that seems to tempt them. This attribute can be seen in the nonfiction book‚ To Be a Slave‚ by Julius Lester and The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty. Author Julius Lester composed a very tragic‚ yet true book about slaves choosing their future with the right decisions. Liam

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    forced to kill the people they do not even know of. In Liam O’Flaherty’s story‚ The Sniper‚ the Republican sniper is forced to kill those who appear to be his enemies or allies with the enemy‚ thinking that the deaths of those people will change the flow of the war towards the Republican army. Shockingly‚ wars may take away lives of individuals from your own flesh and blood and unfortunately in the book‚ the sniper finds out that one of the victims he has

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    The movie ended up winning the Oscar nomination for Best Sound Editing. Americans loved this movie because it was three of the things Americans love most. The main character (Chris Kyle) was the best sniper‚ with more kills than any other war hero/soldier. The American Sniper was a movie about war and based on a true story‚ no wonder the movie had multiple Oscar nominations it was everything America loved. Americans quickly fell in love with the movie because it gave them everything

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    Although both the king and the sniper are two like minded individuals in the sense that they both have the audacity to kill other people without much forethought‚ the sniper is more shown as a soldier fighting for a war just doing what he has to do‚ whereas the king is shown to be just a selfish ruler who does whatever he wants simply because he can and because he thinks it is the best way to go about dealing with all of the criminal justice in the town. The sniper in the story is described as

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