Situational Irony In The Sniper

Shots fired When Reagan made it to his limo, John HInckley brought out his .22-caliber revolver. Hinckley shot six successful shots in only two to three seconds. Four bullets

“The rifle cracked, Tim Johnson leaped, flopped over, and crumpled on the sidewalk in a brown and white heap”-pg 126. First of all, this quote displays heroism because instead of attempting to run away and hide, Atticus decided to defend the town from the mad dog. Words that show heroism are, “The rifle cracked”, Atticus was willing to shoot a gun even though he hadn’t fired one in years. Additionally, he was courageous enough to prioritize the needs of others instead of his own. If Atticus were to have had missed any of his fired shots, the consequence could’ve been dire.

This could have not happened in a war battlefield, for a regular soldier therefore that is why this quote presents the view from a positioned sniper. The short story is also different because it is about a sniper and therefore the events and actions occur differently. This quote although it does not directly interfere with the duties of a sniper, and is not a detail of a sniper movement or command it clearly shows that it is the sniper. The job of a sniper is usually to stay at height and to shoot the people below, or other fellow sniper’s that are not in his party. In conclusion this metaphor shows how the short story is written from the perspective of the sniper.

The third person single vision point of view of a tough sniper fighting a civil war enemy, in Liam O’Flaherty’s “The Sniper,” plays with the reader’s emotions throughout the story. He employs third person single vision point of view to tell the sniper’s intense adventure from an outside narrator who has access to the mind of the protagonist. O’Flaherty chose third person single vision POV because distancing the reader is the only way to develop a tough protagonist that the reader can be intimate with, taking into account his limited intellectual skills. Having sensory details about the sniper from the single vision third person POV narrator in addition to knowing the protagonist 's thoughts while combating an enemy, allows O’Flaherty to characterize “The Sniper” into a hefty person. Some may argue, writing in first person point of view would have created a tough protagonist because they would see it through the eyes of the sniper who they automatically assume is resilient.

The story "The Sniper" was about the civil war and how families were split between the sides. There are two snipers battling on opposite sides of the street. One shoots the other in the shoulder then he kills the shooter. When he is going back to camp he looks to see who it is and was his brother. To summarize both stories were about the love between the

He then saw the man's face--it was his brother. In conclusion being heartless isn't always good because in the end it can hurt you more than you wanted.

He was embarrassed, so he decided to teach his brother without caring the pain his brother was going through. The narrator only did for himself because he didn’t want his brother by his side because the thought his brother was an embarrassment. Evidence in the short story when Doodle could finally walk Doodle’s brother decided to show his parents he could walk and he starts to notice

The theme that war is terrible in many ways is shown in the story many times. One example of this is when the sniper turns over the body of the person he killed and he finds out that it is his brother he killed. This craft move of surprise shows that the war split up his family and

"Godfather Death," is a short story written by Brothers Grimm. It is about a poor father’s 13th son. The father already had 12 sons. He gave his 13th son to Death to be his godson; since he was very poor. When the son grew up and became doctor, he tried to deceive the Death and as a result, the Death could not tolerate his action and took the protagonist’s (the son, or doctor’s) life.

The character Brother starts the story out by going back to when his sibling was born. The younger brother Doodle is disabled, the doctor thought he wouldn't survive but he did. Overtime Brother became embarrassed that Doodle couldn't walk. He let his pride get the better of him and made it his mission to make Doodle walk. Eventually Doodle did learn to walk, but Brother was still not satisfied, he wanted his brother to be able to run and swim like all the other kids.

Some things may seem unethical from a far in war but, bad happens, and with an enemies push you can 't pull, you have to push back, but stronger. I’ve noticed some say that being a sniper is cowardly, but I disagree. He stopped others from killing the people on his side, making them able to continue. Unfortunately Chris’ brave run in life ended in 2013, when a former marine shot and killed him at a gun range. (Aldrich, Ian) Chris may mainly be remembered for shooting an enemy from an unbelievable 2,100 yards away, or a call he made when an unaware child was holding a weapon that threatend his people, but in all honesty, he should be remembered for the strength, nobility, and bravery he showed, not his stats.

Chris left the military in 2009. Chris’ never realized the amount of

We had only heard of this and had never seen anything like it before. As deadly as the EFPs were, the most feared course of action from the enemy was snipers. They were heavy in the AO and you never knew when they strike. The platoon Senior Scout, just as always, was the first on the ground. He would tell me from time to time that if anyone were to get hit, he would rather it be him than any us.

The doctor states that even the strain put on doodles body from setting upward might kill him, due to his weak heart. Doodle 's brother consistently thinks about what it would be like to have a “normal” Brother. He wanted someone who could run, jump and play with him, instead having a weak and fragile brother known as doodle. Through the story the narrators brother doodle is pulled behind in a wagon, do the the fact that Doodle can 't walk. At this moment is when Brother decides to train Doodle to be what he portrays as a "normal human being" Eventually, at six years of age, Doodle learns to walk with help from Brother.

The sniper tricks his enemy into believing he is dead and kills him. He then walks up to the dead sniper’s body and the republican sniper realizes that he has killed his own brother. The theme of this story is that war reduces human beings to mere objects. In the story “Cranes,” the main character is Songsam. There is a Civil