The Sniper You think in every war There 's always a winner and loser well not in this one… The book I 'm covering is “the sniper” by Liam O 'flaherty In Dublin near the River Liffey From a rooftop near O’Connell Bridge, a Republican sniper observes the scene while eating a sandwich and drinking whiskey. When a car pulls up, he holds his fire.. An old woman stops to tell the person pulling up the position of the sniper. When the gunner moves from his place, the sniper pulls the trigger, “boom boom” he kills the man and the old women, the car speeds away. Out of nowhere bullets fire and wounds the sniper in the arm, he collapses and drops his rifle as blood drips from his wound, although he feels no pain. His arm is numb. He opens a first-aid kit and rubs iodine all over the wound. Then he places cotton on the wound and bandage it. He can no longer hold his gun. He has only his revolver to keep himself …show more content…
These are all examples of why there are no real winners in war, no matter who killed who or who had won the most properties.
My second topic is that war is just not worth here is why,
War is not worth it with all the violence psychical damage taken for example in the story when the IRA sniper took a bullet in the arm and had to self treat himself all of this could have been avoided if there was more communication Second innocent lives are taken for no reason because of dumb violence like the incident that happened earlier in the story when the IRA sniper killed the innocent old lady and the man just because of something small that token out of proposition, all could have been handled a different way lastly the killing of the IRA snipers brother could have been all been avoided if communication was just more clearly and more common sense was use, the ira brother could have still been alive and he would have not been so wounded. These all support that war is not worth it, it is just adding more to the fuel when technically no real winners
The Sniper reveals to everyone that the main character, the sniper, is also on different sides of his friend in the Irish civil war, if you consider a brother a
“‘Sucking chest wound. The bullet’s taken at least two lobes in the right lung’. That’s a woman’s voice. ‘Pupils dilated. He’s going into shock’”
Never The Same Sniper Sequel Cold breezy day in Ireland Collan is on his way home from the war expecting to face wrath from his family for choosing the side of a war they did not believe in. Although they do not know Fergus will not be attending them at this point, while he has passed from a cruel event. Fergus was a gentle young scholar who was a stupendous build and very handsome like his brother Collan. Collan was always a lot taller and stronger then Fergus; therefore, Fergus had the upper hand when it came to school and farming. As Collan lead in the athletics winning sport events for his high school, as Fergus was in the shadows.
Chris Kyle was carefully surveying the rooftops of Fallujah, Iraq to ensure that no Iraqi insurgents had a chance to put any Marine lives in jeopardy. Chris was in awe as he watched a woman and a child exit a nearby house carrying a grenade. The child took the grenade from the woman and began running towards the group of marines. Chris new the capability of the grenade and new that he must fulfill his duty as an over watch sniper. Chris shot the boy and seconds after the grenade exploded; it shattered all of the windows of the nearest houses.
This shows how war can be seen as a necessity in life and how it can be more as a vendetta to our human lives with no positive impact on
In the past, the ultimate outcome of war has been freedom and sovereignty, but along the way many casualties had to be made. Many wars in history have rewarded nations with liberation and freedom from tyranny. For example, the American Revolution provided America with independence from Britain and proved that they could prosper on their own. Although independence was gained, some say that the end result could have been attained without the fatalities and violence of war. They don’t believe the freedom was really worth the fight.
“If we don’t end war, war will end us”. This quote was said by Herbert George Wells and I think it relates to this story because war destroys what people love most and war destroys the world we live in. This is shown when the main Sniper flips over a body only to see the dead body of his brother after the dangerous confrontation. In “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty there is a Irish sniper and he is in a dangerous situation where he battles an enemy sniper in a city setting that seems sad and gloomy.
In My Brother Sam is Dead the authors prove that war is futile. War is futile means that war is pointless or, not producing any useful product. One of the points that proves war is futile is it confuses reality with principle. Secondly war creates the youth against the elders, a clash of generations. Lastly the most devastating point that proves war is futile is it tears families apart.
A Republican Sniper is hiding on the rooftops. As he conceals himself he sees a glare, which he can only assume to be an enemy sniper attempting to shoot him. He thinks of a plan, knowing he must escape somehow without alerting the enemy sniper to the fact that he is aware of his presence. The Republican sniper manages to kill the enemy sniper. At the end of the story, out of curiosity, he wanders to the building across to see whom he had killed.
There are many similarities between the conflicts in “Lather and Nothing Else” by Hernando Téllez and “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty. “Lather” is a short story about a barber in the South American revolution who is secretly working as an informer for the revolutionaries and is presented with the opportunity to kill one of his worst enemies, Captain Torres, a leader in the revolution. Although he is only an informer and a barber, he has Captain Torres’ life in his hands and ponders whether to kill or not kill him, but in the ends lets him go unharmed. In “The Sniper”, a Republican sniper is presented with the task to kill a Free Staters sniper in a civil war. When he gets shot, he has to escape by killing the enemy sniper and manages to do so, but notices that the Free Staters sniper that
The atomic bomb is a very dangerous weapon that was built on July 16, 1945, during the time of World War II. On August 6, 1945 and August 9, 1945 the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. Total of two bombs was dropped one called “Little Boy” and one called “Fat Boy”. The dropping of the bomb was necessary and justified because of many reasons. On the morning of December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan.
In the short story The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty, a main theme is that war is cruel. This is supported by many details within the story. War makes people do things that they normally wouldn’t do, mostly because it is their duty to protect what they believe in or their country. For example, the
A similarity in “The Sniper” is when the sniper realized he had took a risky shot
This shows how the sniper’s actions without thought affect him for the worse. O’Flaherty establishes the theme of “The Sniper” by using description and irony. After the sniper turns over the dead body, he realizes what he has done. He was not thinking when he shot the enemy.
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. The theme that fear can lead to destructive decisions is introduced when he kills the man in the turret and kills the woman. He shoots the man and woman because he is scared of what the man and woman could do to him. In the story, it tells you how he shoots them.