The Republican sniper in Liam O’Flaherty’s short story “The Sniper” is reckless because he risks his life in order to fulfill unimportant desires. “The Sniper” states “He paused for a moment, considering whether to risk a smoke… He decided to take the risk.”(1) Smoking a cigarette at that particular moment was dangerous because an enemy sniper could’ve seen the flames and inferred the sniper’s presence. This risk shows that the sniper’s risks are reckless and uncalculated, an enemy did see the flame and attempt to kill him. In the text, the Republican sniper decides to find out the identity of the dead, enemy sniper despite the danger involved with this task. The mission of finding out the sniper’s identity was known to be dangerous because
