Simo Hayha Sniper

Imagine the life of a person who cannot eat or sleep when their body needs them to. Imagine him not having the small luxuries people take for granted every day. Instead, this person lives every waking moment on the famous quote “Kill, or be killed.” The identity of this person is a soldier. Liam O’Flaherty, a World War 1 veteran, takes his experiences of war and incorporates them into his short story “The Sniper.” This piece of literature discusses the topic of war and the internal and external conflicts of the people consumed by war.

The squadron earned their name because the only sound that the Germans could here was the whistling of the wind across their wings as they approached. Another notable Soviet Hero was Lyudmila Pavlichenko. Pavlichenko was a sniper on the eastern front and had over 300 kills confirmed kills. It is also important to note that Soviet women did also play a large part in the war industries, but their combat roles sets them apart from the western liberal

There were other soldiers like the Guerilla’s to help the villages during the Massacre but instead they ran off to protect themselves. The Massacre was like a small war that had a role through the Cold War and then the Civil

In war, there will be collateral damage in which strangers, friends, and families could be hurt or torn apart. You or someone you may know could die. People fight for what they believe in during war, for their religion, for their freedom, or their political views. Yet at the same time, these people are fighting for their lives, so they would do anything in their power to defend themselves or others. In “The Sniper”, the man kills his very own brother.

200 pieces of shrapnel remained in his body. Although the war was over he enlisted as a First Lieutenant in the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army when he was 31. In his first training session he was the last one out of the plane, but the first one on the ground. Neither of his parachutes opened. He miraculously survived with minor injuries.

In Liam O’Flaherty’s The Sniper, the main character, a sniper, is in the middle of a civil war in Dublin, Ireland. It is his assigned duty to assassinate anyone on the the other side of the war, no matter who they are. This creates a huge conflict, considering that the sniper ends up killing his brother. This supports the central theme that war is cruel, and this can be supported by the craft elements of the dialogue used and the setting of the story.

Damn’ em. Daring’ em to fire. Threw snow balls. I think they hit ‘em. As soon as the snowballs were thrown, and a club, a soldier fired.

He wanted to be an Army combat medic. As luck would have it, he was assigned to an infantry rifle company. His refusal to carry a gun caused a lot of trouble among his fellow soldiers. They viewed him with distain and called him a misfit. One man in the barracks warned him, "Doss, as soon as we get into combat, I'll make sure you won't come back

He gives us a vivid description of the sniper that makes us wonder about him, “His face was the face of a student, thin and ascetic, but his eyes had the cold gleam of a fanatic. They were deep and thoughtful, the eyes of a man who is used to looking at death” (1). These two sentences give us information of the sniper based solely on the words of the author. The way O’Flaherty describes him makes us think about what he does and who he actually is outside of being a sniper.

If you knew who you were shooting at, would you pull the trigger? In the story called ¨The Sniper¨ by Liam O'Flaherty, a man, who is referred to as ´the sniper´ is about a man who is in a war in Dublin. The first thing that happens is when he shoots a man in a turret and a woman. Then he gets shot in the arm. Then he shoots an enemy sniper. He goes and finds out that the enemy sniper he shot was his brother. I believe the theme of the story ¨The Sniper¨ by Liam O'Flaherty is that fear can lead to destructive decisions.

Did you know that George Washington was very close to death during the Revolutionary War. British sniper Patrick Ferguson had a chance to shoot him, but chose not to. He had one rule for sniping: He couldn’t shoot an enemy who was not aware of his presence. Sniping is different now, isn’t it? One night in September of 1777 the British went to ambush the American officers. Ferguson remembered his rule and did what a smart sniper would do and make his presence known to the officers. The officers trotted away on their horses. That was when Ferguson had the most clear shot. General Washington’s back was turned, Ferguson didn’t shoot. The rest is history. This example of mercy was when Patrick Ferguson could have killed many other people, this

Did you know that George Washington was very close to death during the Revolutionary War. British sniper Patrick Ferguson had a chance to shoot him, but chose not to. He had one rule for sniping: He couldn’t shoot an enemy who was not aware of his presence. Sniping is different now, isn’t it? One night in September of 1777 the British went to ambush the American officers. Ferguson remembered his rule and did what a smart sniper would do and make his presence known to the officers. The officers trotted away on their horses. That was when Ferguson had the most clear shot. General Washington’s back was turned, Ferguson didn’t shoot. The rest is history. This example of mercy was when Patrick Ferguson could have killed many other people, this

He is a very courageous, Irish, and interesting 12 year old from New York City. He ends up in the 140th infantry of New York as a drummer boy and deserts his first battle. He then becomes a Confederate prisoner and released quickly. He went to the Blue Ridge Mountains and meets Granny Bent. He saved Granny and killed a mean mountain lion, making him courageous.

The Republican sniper had medical knowledge from training that helped him, for the rest of his life. An opposing sniper on a rooftop targeted and shot the Republican sniper. The shot had left his arm immobilized, and left him in a lot of pain. Since the bullet was still in his arm and most likely fractured the bone, the Republican sniper saturated the bullet hole with iodine to prevent infection and cleanse the wound. Then, he covered the wound with a piece of cotton and added the dressing over it. If the sniper wasn't experienced, then he wouldn't have known to add the iodine to his wound. When the military is training its soldiers, one is taught to keep cuts and opening in the skin clean at all times, so they don't die from infection. The

His father, Vladek, was a wealthy textile salesperson and manufacturer in Poland. Both of his parents survived confinement to the Jewish ghettos and imprisonment in the Auschwitz Nazi Concentration camp in Poland. His mother, Anja,