The Sniper Rhetorical Analysis

Words: 549
Pages: 3
Open Document
Weary of War
Throughout history, war has mapped the lives of human beings. The American Civil War was fought because Southern states wished to secede from the Union. This was because they wanted to continue the practice of slavery and believed that each state government should decide the legality of slavery of its own state. President Lincoln 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
Show More

Related Documents: The Sniper Rhetorical Analysis

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…

Words 404 - Pages 2

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…

Words 220 - Pages 1

Identify And Analyze The Ethical And Social Responsibilities Of Communicators

and receiver must have mutual respect Dialog- conversation must begin with respect Three major methods for appealing to an audience: logical, emotional, ethical Logical- when you provide the audience with reasons, logic, sequence, facts , and analysis to prove your point Emotional- when strike a chord by appealing to the sense Ethical- when you show the audience that the speaker is qualified to speak Motivation is something such as a need or desire that causes a person to act Stereotype labeling…

Words 3873 - Pages 16