Symbolism In The Republican Sniper

In the middle of the page, there is a tree with roots. This tree embodies family because it has the meaning of a family tree. It is damaged and has many cuts because it represents the family is dying, because the connection between the two brothers are gone since they are on two different sides, and they have to fight each other. The theme of the story is about the separation of family, and all these are caused by wars. Behind the tree, there is a long bandage that is untied, coloured mostly in red. This represents that in order to be alive, the snipers cannot give up, no matter how painful it is for them, they have to get over it. It shows that without letting the wound heal, they must stand up right away to fight. Beside the tree, there is a crow. In …show more content…
At the bottom left of the page, there is a hat and a shadow of a human. The hat belongs to snipers, and the shadow is the reflection of who is wearing it. The republican sniper was young, there was his bag, the symbol of a student on his shoulder. He should not have been forced to fight and look at human destructions all day. On the boy;s hand, there is a handcuff, one locked, and one open. The locked one is showing that all these young men are used in wars, they are used as fighting machines, but on the other hand, the opened one shows that they have the heart to fight for their country, or their side. Beside the shadow and the hat, there is a rifle, standing still, showing that the boy won the fight, and he is the only one left standing in this battlefield. At the tip of the rifle, it has two thin lines, and it indicates that it had its last shot, and the bullet went to the other side. On the top right hand corner, there are also one hat, one rifle. The hat belongs to the free stater, but it does not have shadows because he was shot by the republican sniper - his own brother. The rifle beside it is not like the other, it is not standing because it had fallen, meaning he lost the fight