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    In the story “The sniper‚” the use of dramatic and situational irony brings out the theme of war knowing no limit. Irony helps the theme of this story by making the reader notice the details that are important in the story. Dramatic irony is shown when the sniper “considers whether he should risk a smoke. It was dangerous. He decided to take the risk.” In this example‚ the sniper takes the risk of smoking and the readers knows that he will be spotted by the enemy. This displays how people tends

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    Sniper and Cranes Essay The “Cranes‚ and “snipers both have two main characters‚ who get separated in life and have to decide if he shall let one live after they have been separated by each others differences in war. The “sniper is about 2 young brothers who get separated by their differences in war. And sadly later on in the story one brother kills an old lady‚ plus the sniper on the other side of war. He then finds out that the man he just killed is his brother. So it has a lot of twists throughout

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    the movie American Sniper. Thesis Statement: The film American Sniper has sparked national debate over America’s role in Iraq and impact of a sniper whom some say is a killer and a liar. Introduction: A. Clint Eastwood’s box office breaking film American Sniper is about the life of the most legal sniper in US history‚ Chris Kyle. B. As Americans‚ we are proud of what Chris Kyle did for this country‚ but a few critics didn’t think so. C. I enjoyed watching the film American Sniper and reading Chris

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    like September 11th or the Paris bombing‚ serious accidents‚ physical or sexual assaults‚ or military experiences. In the movie American Sniper‚ Chris Kyles military career began with the September 11th terrorist attacks as well as the making of his PTSD. The first appearance of regret and discomfort comes from the first time he stared down the scope of a sniper rifle that help the sight of a boy around 11-12

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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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    conflicts the 3 stories have incoming is making sacrifice. In the story “Sniper” the Sniper is having a battle with another sniper across the road. Then the “Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford is being hunted by a General‚ Zaroff without a weapon. Then the story “Liberty” the child is having trouble with the Tyrant in the country not letting her and her family go to the U.S. Every main character found a solution but made sacrifices. “Sniper” he had to kill the enemy who was his brother. “The Most Dangerous

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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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    When the sniper faces danger‚ he overcomes it by being creative and thinking of a plan. He eventually kills his opponent. Likewise‚ when Rainsford is in danger he overcomes it‚ and he eventually kills his opponent. Doodle faces the challenge of walking. He perseveres‚ and eventually is able to walk. The Sniper is a short story where a sniper kills another person‚ only to find out that it is his brother. The Most Dangerous Game is a story where one man hunts the other man‚ but it turns around and

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    have a devastating effect on families and people. The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty tells the story of a sniper‚ who is unnamed‚ kills others and fights for his life during a war in Ireland. The story clearly shows how destructive a war can be to a human being as well as a country. It also uses narrative structure to highlight the theme. The narrative structure used in the story is like any other narrative structure. Its conflict is the unnamed sniper surviving to not get killed. When he lit a cigarette

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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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