The Sniper Analysis

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The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty
The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty is about bravery, and reveals how the sniper risk his life and risk his identity to do his job. In The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty, the sniper becomes injured after an enemy across the street on another roof shoots him after he shot and killed a few of the enemy's. The sniper rolls across the roof as he gets shot at and is barely missed, trying to make the enemy across the street think he is dead the sniper takes his hat and puts it's on the barrel of his gun. When the enemy shoots at him he hits his hat with a sharp shot and his rifle falls from the wall taking his hat with it and he lays his injured arm over the wall pretending to be dead.
The sniper risk his life trying to do his job and ends up being shot by his enemy, while in the meantime he ends up almost blowing his cover …show more content…
Every mile over the speed limit every text you send while driving every day you walk the streets or every day you go to work you risk your life to help someone else. In this story the Sniper risk his life to help his country, in life if you’re a school teacher you risk your life just like the teachers at sandy hook or if you are a police officer you risk your life for the benefit of others everyday. Everything we do we risk our lives for another without even realizing it tell someone you can’t text your driving your saving theirs and your life. When you lock up a criminal you help your life and others lives. In this story with the sniper risking their life it makes you think about how you can impact someone else life in the things you do and say and it makes me think about how I can help and it makes me change my actions and be a better person in general. Now reading this story I realize how one’s person's actions or decision can affect another person's

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The Sniper Suspense Analysis

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The Sniper Rhetorical Analysis

believed that the Civil War was necessary to unite the nation. Similar to his thinking, many people believe that war is necessary to settle disputes. Liam O'Flaherty disagrees with this way of thinking. Through his use of irony and imagery in "The Sniper," he demonstrates that war is unpredictable and tears humanity apart. O’ Flaherty uses imagery of the battle-worn city to show that the Irish Civil War…

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Sniper Rhetorical Analysis

In both of the stories the main characters were awakened from dream. Actually, this is a nature I suppose. Each one of us can see things around differently, sometimes not realizing the reality. In the story ‘Sniper’ author is telling us about the young soldier, “…his face was the face of a student – thin and ascetic…” who plays his duty as a hit man. He doesn’t see nothing but his job and responsibility. The author in this story suggests the horror of war not only by presenting its physical dangers…

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The Sniper Character Analysis

Throughout Liam O'Flaherty's story, “The Sniper”, the main character also known as the sniper demonstrates a risk taking, but cautious, patient and remorseful side to himself which leads to the conclusion that he's a determined character. At the beginning of the story, the sniper ponders whether to smoke or not and does so “hurriedly”. Even though this puts the sniper in danger, “he decided to take the risk”. This action is done cautiously which demonstrates his determination to stay safe while…

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The Sniper Rhetorical Analysis

the sniper, Liam O'Flaherty uses imagery to portray the Republican sniper being eager changing from being eager to brittle.Before going into battle, the Republican was so eager, “He had nothing since this morning. He had been too excited to eat” (pg 1). In this quote, the author uses imagery to illustrate that the sniper emotion was too excited to eat. Most of the time people when they are excited they forget to do the simple things such as eating and sleeping. This is showing that the sniper can't…

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American Sniper Movie Analysis

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American Sniper Psychological Analysis

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