Short Story: The Trail Of Blood

After staging his own death, the enemy sniper moves out into the open, a clear and easy shot. “Then, when the smoke cleared, [the sniper] peered across and uttered a cry of joy.” “The sniper looked at his enemy falling.” “Then the sniper turned over the death body, and looked into the face of his brother. I regret his actions.

The Samurai tells a story of great grief. The samurai is heartbroken after hearing his wife beg the bandit to kill him. After the samurai is freed from his bindings all he can do is cry. The Samurai soon does the one thing he believes to be honorable in his situation and kills himself. Towards the end of the movie the woodcutter tells a story about how the bandit was foolish and unskilled; the wife was not distraught, but instead wanted one of them dead; and the samurai was not sad, but angry, and died dishonorably begging for his

In the text it says, “Then the sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother’s face.” and early on in the story he wonders if he knew the other sniper, and ironically it was someone he knew very well (4). He is caught up in annihilating the enemy, he only stops to think about who the other sniper is. O’Flaherty uses irony to show how the sniper ends up killing his own brother and only after he shoots him he wonders if he knew him. In addition to the irony, O’Flaherty also uses description to develop this idea of action without thought.

This shows the central idea of war tearing people apart when faced with an unknown adversary. In addition, differences would be, “The Republican sniper smiled and he lifted his revolver above the edge of the parapet” (O’Flaherty 207). This shows war tears families apart, the man was eager for his kill, however, it happened to be a family member who was placed on the other side of the battle. Lastly, “Had he and I but met / By some old ancient inn / We should have sat us down to wet /

I heard someone was warning Preston “For God’s sake, take care of your men. If they fire, you must die.” Someone throw object and it struck Private Montgomery knocking him down and telling him to drop his weapon. Then Private Montgomery shout out “Damn you, fire!”

The sound pierced through the air and at that moment they knew Alexander was dead. The boys were almost through the fence when the guns started to fire again. The bullets were just missing them, but as soon as Josef stood up a bullet struck his leg. Israel was trying to pick his brother up, but was too weak. He knelt down beside his brother and then glanced at Alexander.

The way Harry faced death in the final book of the series, is very similar to the way Jesus died. After a long battle, Harry goes willingly to his death, his only wish is to stop Voldemort once and for all and, by his sacrifice, save everyone else. However, after he dies, he finds himself being in a sort of heaven, facing the deceased Albus Dumbledore, who told him that Harry could choose between staying or going back and defeating Voldemort once and for all. While he was in this limbo, everyone else believed him dead: his enemies celebrated their triumph, his friends and followers mourned Harry’s death. In the end, Harry chose to be “resurrected” and killed Voldemort, therefore saving the wizarding world.

The book of Mice and Men is a book, that shows the struggle of all Americans back in the day. How something can end so fast. Many decisions are made in the book, for instance; Candy’s old dog, slims new pups, and the life of Lennie. The main characters have a dream about owning their own land.

O'Flaherty says “Then the sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother’s face.” This shows suspense because the sniper looks at the man he has shot and realizes he made the biggest mistake he ever could have made. O'Flaherty shows suspense because the reader would of never expected the man he kills to be his brother. The second craft move he uses to show why violence doesn’t solve anything is description. In the passage O'Flaherty says “His face was the face of a student, thin and ascetic, but his eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic.

One of the big reasons Beowulf travels to the land of the Geats to slay Grendel is for honor. Hrothgar weeps after his friend has been killed by Grendel and Beowulf pretty much tells him to pull it together. He remind the king that life is short and then you die so while you’re here you might as well earn some glory. This is typically the view taken by most warriors

James and his family were Indian and were mistaken for a Muslim. James was devastated during his fathers funeral just the idea of a person killing somebody just because they looked a certain way made James 's stomach turn with fear and great discomfort. Since of this event has happened to James had forgiven, but he will never forget. People need to be more aware

Battle of Bull Run My eyes shutter my eyelids feel heavy. I can barely keep them open. I take two deep breathes and I attempt to sit up. Suddenly, I feel a sharp pain in my upper leg.

- Richard Van Camp’s short story “The Strongest Blood” describes an interesting experience for the character, Leo. - Leo wants to earn money instead of going to college. - Leo’s father, Isadore takes Leo to hunting grouse, and they see the older bull had a fight with the younger bull. - The older bull uses many experiences to beat the younger bull and win the fight, and the younger bull is injured.

A War on Three Fronts A flash of light shines in through my eyelids and burns my cornea. Muffled barrages and blasts sound through the silent ringing that overwhelms my eardrums. My eyes peel open and I turn my sore neck from side to side, as the blinding whiteness of everything presents me with the world in three. As the contrast in my pupils returns and the pestilence in my ears subsides, the Earth shaking sounds of bombs and bullets parade through my chest.