Liam O Flaherty The Sniper Analysis

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The Sniper In “The Sniper”, by Liam O'Flaherty, a war is going on and “the Sniper” spots an enemy from across the street on a rooftop. The enemy shot first so “the Sniper” knew he had to do something. He tricked the man who shot first and ended up shooting his enemy, but in the end, he comes to find out this wasn’t his enemy, was his brother. The man was only doing what he had to do to survive. “The Sniper” wanted to survive, so he was doing what he had to do. This was a war, and sometimes bad things happened. “The Sniper” knew that if he got shot at first, then it was on. When he lit his cigarette, “the brother” then saw him and fired his weapon: “There was a flash and a bullet whizzed over his head. He dropped immediately. He had seen
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