Septimus Smith is an interesting character. His life is tragic and he always makes his wife Lucrezia worried. Septimus tries to suicideAlthough he is wired, abnormal and dramatic, he shares many same characteristics with veterans who came back from wars. The interesting point is that Septimus reminds me a fantastic movie, American Sniper, which I have seen last quarter. Septimus has lots same traits with the main character Chris Kyle who was a sniper and experienced a war in the movie.…
Comparison and Contrast Essay The stories “Cranes” and “The Sniper” show us the effects of war. The themes of “Cranes” and “The Sniper” are similar due to the war tearing people apart, however, they are different because in “Cranes” the compassion prevails, while in “The Sniper” survival wins over compassion. Both stories themes show us how war reduces human life to nothing and how it tears apart families and friends but that family and friends come first. We see this in “Cranes” when Songsam lets Tokchae escape into the woods.…
War is war, that fact alone will never change. No matter how many people try to sugar coat the word, it always has the same ending. Only one winning side, broken families, broken homes and broken people. It’s become one of the most common subjects in the news and the only subject that is on practically everyone’s mind. With heroes on both sides with one goal it’s just another death game life has set up for us humans.…
John .F. Kennedy one said "Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind." Although war has destroyed many homes, towns, cities, and countries,it most importantly it destroys people. In this story, a lone sniper fights for what he believes in. The sniper is shown struggling as he fights to escape the enemy's sniper.…
In this suspenseful novel, The Sniper, by Liam O'Flaherty you will see how the author uses words to speed up, slow down the tempo, and use a rapid succession of conflicts in his story to see how he creates the theme of suspense. In his story, a student is waiting on a building in the middle of a war between the Free-staters and Republicans. It tells of how he faces danger many times throughout and what obstacles he goes through like being shot at by another sniper only to find out that the other sniper wasn’t who he thought. The author creates suspense in The Sniper through the order of events.…
“Three Cheers for Sure Shot Tim”… “Three Cheers for Sure Shot Tim”…You ever stop and think of what goes on during your day. My name Timmy Murphy, and I just shot a considerable dint in the British Empire. We as colonial soldiers never celebrate much, and I don’t want to ruin the mood. This morning I was ecstatic to be part of General Morgan’s Rifleman on defend the Upstate New York area, now I’m far from a party mood. I’m not much for glory or fame for the job of a soldier.…
Johnny is eighteen and has three siblings Pony, Mark, and Ruth. His parents names are Bertha and Bennie and he has been Amish since he was born. Johnny and his family live in Jamesport, Iowa. He finished school when he was in eighth grade and now he is a hay baler.…
First and foremost before anything else, I would like to thank you for your outstanding and courageous service to our country. I know that it was very tough to go off and fight for our country and at the same time leave your family behind at home. Anyways, I am writing you this letter to give you thanks for the impact your book. American Sniper, has had on me. There was a lot of information there about our country’s fellow servicemen and women and how they risk their lives every day.…
A quote from H.G, Wells, “If we do not end war, war will end us.” This is saying how brutal people can be during war. Many will do anything to survive even if that results in killing other human beings. Like in Liam O'Flaherty's short story “The Sniper”, the Republican finds himself stranded on a rooftop in a situation where he has to kill or be killed. His flight or fight instincts kick in and he has no other choice than to fight; his decisions decided the fate of himself and his enemies.…
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.…
A civil war is described as two groups or nations fighting against each other in the same country. "The Sniper" and "Cranes" have many similarities and differences about a civil war. "The Sniper" is about a civil war. The main Character is the republican sniper. He is very sick of the war and want to be done with it .…
Summary: “American Sniper” released in 2014, directed by Clint Eastwood, is a movie about Chris Kyle, portrayed by Bradley Cooper. Chris Kyle was a U.S NAVY SEAL officer, who took his post seriously and made it his sole job to protect his comrades. At first he dreamed of being a cowboy living in Texas, but he had to show his real talent. As he was growing up his father taught him to shoot a rifle and hunt deer. His life took another turn when he finds his then girlfriend sleeping in bed with another man, and after watching the news of the bombing attacks on US embassy in 1998; after that he decided he wanted to protect his country and enrolls in the US NAVY SEAL.…
“crouch, kill, reload “ I turn on my Xbox To play call of duty Not knowing the types Of people I will encounter I meet Jason the veteran He plays the game a lot Sitting in his mom’s basement…
War stories are gruesome. They capture the reality of war--death, grief, and pain. “The Sniper” and “Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?” (by Liam O’Flaherty and Tim O’Brien respectively) are both shining examples of this; unpacking the glorification of victory to reveal how humans are dehumanized and trained to kill other people. Their differences outline a common theme: how war dehumanizes people from killing and guilt, and how that all builds into a catastrophe later on in life.…
This realistic fiction short story “The Sniper” written by Liam O’Flaherty, features an Irish sniper in a war-torn Dublin. The narrator in this story takes part in an intensely violent sniper battle between him, another sniper, and even a machine gunner. In the passage he ends up doing something he will later on regret because of his own actions. O'Flaherty uses irony and word choice in the story to emphasize the theme that violence hurts everyone involved. Violence is evident throughout the short story and affects all the characters.…