Describe The Author's Relationship With The Sniper

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The relationship with the protagonist was the sniper in the republican side. He was in the civil war and he's in lookout on a building in the morning. Then he lit a cigarette and someone shot at him. Then he did a trick and he shot the other sniper. Then other sniper was his brother. The other story is that a little kid has diseases hat made him that he can't walk. Then a bird came and died in his yard. Then doodle want to bury him because he could related to him. The lessons are that you never no what will happen in

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